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Risk Factors for Domestic Child Sex Trafficking in the United States.
- Source :
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence; Jul2019, Vol. 34 Issue 13, p2653-2673, 21p
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Despite increased effort to respond to human trafficking at national and state levels, very little empirical research has been conducted on domestic child sex trafficking. This study retrospectively examines associations between multiple risk factors and domestic child sex trafficking (i.e., entry into the commercial sex industry under the age of 18) in a sample of individuals aged 16 and older currently involved in the commercial sex industry (N = 273). Two primary research questions are addressed: (1) What set of risk factors, prior to entering the commercial sex industry, are associated with domestic child sex trafficking and (2) what group differences, if any, exist in risk factors between current or former domestic child sex–trafficking victims and non-trafficked adults engaged in the commercial sex industry? A cross-sectional survey was administered using Respondent-Driven Sampling (RDS) in five cities in one Midwestern state. Overall, 115 participants (48.3%) were identified as current or former domestic child sex–trafficking victims. Bivariate results suggest that childhood emotional and sexual abuse, rape, ever running away from home, having family members in sex work, and having friends who purchased sex were significantly associated with domestic child sex trafficking. Multivariate results indicate that domestic child sex trafficking victims were significantly more likely to have ever run away and to be a racial/ethnic minority than non-trafficked adults engaged in the commercial sex industry. Findings can inform state-level policies on human trafficking and assist child protection and juvenile justice agencies in developing prevention and intervention responses to commercial sexual exploitation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SEX work
HUMAN trafficking laws
HUMAN trafficking prevention
CHILD sexual abuse risk factors
CHILD sexual abuse
CHI-squared test
STATISTICAL correlation
HOMELESSNESS
MULTIVARIATE analysis
RACE
REGRESSION analysis
RESEARCH funding
STATISTICAL sampling
SEX offenders
STATISTICS
SURVEYS
PSYCHOLOGY of crime victims
SOCIOECONOMIC factors
HUMAN trafficking
DISEASE prevalence
CROSS-sectional method
RETROSPECTIVE studies
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
CHILDREN
PSYCHOLOGY
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 08862605
- Volume :
- 34
- Issue :
- 13
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 136876604
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260516662306