As part of our work, we share research from colleagues from all over the world. Their work covers a wide range of topics that are relevant to anyone researching or practicing safeguarding in any part of the world. We invite you to explore the topics and resources and use them in your work.

  • What is a good measure? Evaluating the psychometric properties of currently used measures
  • Global study of Church leaders and safeguarding capabilities
  • Boundary breaking: the crisis of child sexual abuse in the Catholic community in England and Wales
  • Preventing harmful educator behaviour in childcare - a public health approach
  • Safeguarding as mission: preventing child sexual abuse by changing practice from simple protocol to embedding in mission
  • From safer structures to safer cultures: the implications of making context central to safeguarding approaches

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What is a good measure?

How do we know if safeguarding steps are protecting children?

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Church leaders and safeguarding

A global perspective on the safeguarding capability of adults in Catholic Church ministries

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Boundary breaking

The crisis of child sexual abuse in the Catholic community in England and Wales

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Educator behaviour in childcare

How safe are children in early childhood education centres and how can we prevent harm?

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Safeguarding as mission

Shifting safeguarding from "ticking the box" to a core part of mission

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From safer structures to safer cultures

The implications of making context central to safeguarding approaches

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