Confronting commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of minors in the United States : a guide for providers of victim and support services / Institute of Medicine and National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Institute of Medicine (U.S.), author.

National Research Council (U.S.), author.

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.), author.

Briere, Rona, editor.

Simon, Patti, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child trafficking--United States.

Child trafficking.

Human trafficking--United States.

Human trafficking.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (52 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of minors in the United States are frequently overlooked, misunderstood, and unaddressed domestic problems. In the past decade, they have received increasing attention from advocates, the media, academics, and policy makers. However, much of this attention has focused internationally. This international focus has overshadowed the reality that commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of minors also occur every day within the United States. Commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of minors not only are illegal activities, but also result in immediate and long-term physical, mental, and emotional harm to victims and survivors. A nation that is unaware of these problems or disengaged from solving them unwittingly contributes to the ongoing abuse of minors and all but ensures that these crimes will remain marginalized and misunderstood. ... Confronting Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Minors in the United States: A Guide for Providers of Victim and Support Services offers a ... concise and focused perspective on the problem and emerging solutions for providers of victim and support services for children and adolescents. These service providers include policy makers, leaders, practitioners, organizations, and programs at the local, state, and federal levels. This guide will be a valuable resource for them, and for child welfare and child protective services, other agencies and programs within the state and federal governments (e.g., the U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime), and nongovernmental organizations."--Publisher's description.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Contents""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 The Problem""; ""3 How Victim and Support Services Can Help""; ""4 Approaches and Challenges to Service Provision""; ""5 Recommended Strategies""; ""References""

Notes:

"From the Institute of Medicine/National Research Council Report."

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 17, 2014).

ISBN:

0-309-30492-X

0-309-30490-3

OCLC:

898752233