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The home secretary has ordered that research be carried out into the characteristics of child sexual abuse gangs, such as those that have blighted towns and cities like Rotherham, Oxford and Newcastle in recent years.
Writing to a Labour MP who has campaigned on the issue, Sajid Javid said he had directed officials to work with police to learn more about how such gangs operate and how that compares to other forms of child sexual abuse.
He said he wanted to "establish the particular characteristics and contexts associated with this type of offending", adding that officials were looking into the "characteristics of offenders, victims and the wider context of abuse; all of which have critical bearing on the effective targeting of prevention activity".