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Child grooming and sexual exploitation: are South Asian men the UK media’s new folk devils? (2015)
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Gill, A. K., & Harrison, K. (in press). Child grooming and sexual exploitation: are South Asian men the UK media’s new folk devils?. International journal for crime, justice and social democracy, 4(2), 34-49. https://doi.org/10.5204/ijcjsd.v4i2.214

In May 2012, nine men from the Rochdale area of Manchester were found guilty of sexually exploiting a number of underage girls. Media reporting on the trial focused on the fact that eight of the men were of Pakistani descent, while all the girls were... Read More about Child grooming and sexual exploitation: are South Asian men the UK media’s new folk devils?.