Book description
'If you read the papers, you'd think that the only girls to get
hooked are from dysfunctional families. But what happened to me
could happen to anyone. Your child, your sister, your friend - even
yourself if you are young and naive enough, like I was'
Emma was just 13 when her happy childhood came crashing down.
A nice girl from a good home, she had no idea the young lads she and
her friends met every Saturday in the shopping mall weren't all they seemed.
The boys were part of an organised child sexual exploitation gang
targeting innocent young girls, grooming them for prostitution.
Captivated by the ring leader, and the alcohol and drugs he freely
handed round, Emma didn't see the first brutal rape coming. From that
moment, her life was never her own.
Emma found herself drawn into a trap of degradation and violence,
frightened for her life and not knowing where to turn. But
Exploited is also the story of how she found the courage and
inner strength to risk everything, and escape.
Exploited is an updated edition of Emma's book The End of
My World - brought bang up to date with a brand new chapter.
Heart-wrenching and convincing in every detail Independent on Sunday
Emma Jackson is now 22 and still lives in the North of England. She is
committed to working towards stopping child sexual exploitation and
works with the charity CROP - Coalition for the Removal of Pimping. She
has taken part in conferences with the Council of Europe's campaign to
stop sexual violence against children, the National Working Group for
sexually exploited children and young people, the Child Exploitation and
Online Protection Centre (CEOP), Barnardo's and Safe & Sound Derby.
She has also helped her local police force with training. Media
appearances include
BBC News
,
Panorama
,
Sky News
, BBC1's
The Big Question
and she was a consultant for Whitney's storyline in
EastEnders
.
