Sex Trafficking In Prostitution

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Introduction Victims of child sex trafficking in prostitution in the United States are often overlooked, misidentified, and among the most underserved type of child victim of crime. Findings show that the occurrence of child maltreatment including child neglect, child physical abuse, and juvenile sexual victimization increased with caregiver strain. Consequentially, neglected and abused children are more likely to engage in risky behaviors such as running away and earlier initiation of drug or alcohol use. Both running away and early initiation of substance use then impacted vulnerability to victimization in child sex trafficking if for no other reason than survival. The majority of previous research on child sex trafficking has omitted …show more content…
The author had proposed the research question of how and to what extent does contact with law enforcement impact or not entry into sex trafficking for youth? The study consisted of 61 teens who experienced sexual violence as prostituted teens or were runaways at risk for such victimization experiences (Williams, 2015). The interviews were semi-structured with open-ended questions and built upon topics that the participant introduced in the ‘story’ of his or her life. The results identified three key themes that would be useful in law enforcement response/opportunities to prevent domestic sex trafficking (DMST). Themes included: (1) Teens’ experiences lead to life on the streets careful avoidance of police contact. (2) Police interactions in the context of interventions in response to reports of domestic violence; and entry into DMST compounded rather than ameliorated by police approaches to family violence calls. (3) Police interactions with youth while they are being trafficked or when they are found in areas where prostitution occurs. Critical to this project was the voices of the youth themselves – through personal narrative accounts of pathways to …show more content…
Troshynki and Blank (2007) used a qualitative exploratory method to interview human traffickers. Grounded theory provided the foundation for open-ended, semi-structured interviews. The overall goal was to understand the human trafficking phenomenon from the standpoint of those individuals who support, reproduce, and actively work to sustain it. The research questions focused on how traffickers make sense of their position within the illegal market of sex trafficking. The research study was finally composed of three interviews. Cobbina and Oselin (2011) did an even deeper examination on youth age trafficking. The authors used an intersectional feminist perspective, and examined the sexual victimization of those who witnessed intimate partner violence (IPV) in the family, and familial physical abuse among young women. The following research question was proposed: Does the age of entry as an organizing influence the pathway into street prostitution? The study consisted of 33 in-depth interviews each conducted by one of the authors. the women discussed their biographies, including how and why they first entered prostitution, and their experiences in the trade. The authors used qualitative research methods to gain insight into the and lived experiences and semi-structured interviewing protocol designed to elicit rich accounts relating to