Young people’s perceptions of sexual consent: implications for policy and practice?: Briefing paper for stakeholder roundtable, December 13th 2017, Southampton

Our project has sought to investigate young people’s perceptions of coercive sexual behavior: how people identify consent and its lack and the propensity for people to blame victims. In particular, we wanted to examine what difference, if any, gender makes. Our findings may have important implications for policing and prosecuting sexual offences and for the work of charities and third sector groups providing services for young people and sexual assault victims.