Multi-City Study On Child Trafficking Among Homeless Youth
Author: The Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice & Research University of Pennsylvania Year: 2018 Outline: The Field Center recently completed a 3-city study. Download PDF
Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking: Child Sex Slavery in Arizona
Author:Shared Hope International Outline:This report notes best practices, as well as, the gaps and challenges that are present while working with this difficult population of victims. The goal of this assessment is to provide Arizona first responders and community members with information to advocate for improvements in the identification and proper response to DMST victims. […]
Eliminating the Third Party Control Barrier to Identifying Juvenile Sex Trafficking Victims
Author: Shared Hope International Year: 2015 Outline: This paper evaluates the fundamental importance of defining sex trafficking to include all instances of commercial sexual exploitation of minors. Beyond the question of whether force, fraud or coercion was used by the offender, this discussion addresses the impact of requiring that a third party, in particular a […]
‘Sea Slaves’: The Human Misery That Feeds Pets and Livestock
Author: Ian Urbina – The New York Times Year: 2015 Outline: While forced labor exists throughout the world, nowhere is the problem more pronounced than here in the South China Sea, especially in the Thai fishing fleet, which faces an annual shortage of about 50,000 mariners, based on United Nations estimates. The shortfall is primarily […]
Demanding Justice Arizona: A Field Assessment of Demand Deterrence and Enforcement and Justice for Victims
Author: Shared Hope International Year: 2014 Outline: In 2014, Shared Hope International conducted a research project on the subject of demand for sex with minors. The study consisted of a desk review followed by quantitative research in four geographic areas, including Maricopa County in Arizona, of instances where buyers were identified. Download PDF
The Uniform Act on Prevention of and Remedies for Human Trafficking
Author: Andy Hall, Southern Arizona Against Slavery Year: 2015 Outline: Almost 15 years after Congress passed the first contemporary anti-slavery legislation, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, state anti-trafficking law and policy still lag far behind their federal counterparts in terms of prosecuting traffickers, protecting victims, and preventing trafficking. Regrettably, Arizona provides an ample case study […]
Report on the Incidence of Sex Trafficking in Maricopa County Adult Probation
Author: Dominique Roe-Sepowitz, MSW, Ph.D., Kristen Bracy, MA, Commander James Gallager, Madim, and Michael Cimino Year: 2015 Outline: With proper training, Probation Officers can begin to identify victims and help them receive the services needed to exit the life of prostitution. Download PDF
As of January 1st 2015, the Arizona Police Academy training includes classroom component on sex trafficking
Author: Megan Cassidy, The Republic, October 2, 2014 Year: 2014 Outline: In the past several years, a growing number of Arizona police agencies have operated on an understanding that women and girls who are paid for sex are victims of sex trafficking rather than accomplices of the men who buy and sell them. Read the […]
Phoenix City Council adds mandatory booking policy for sex trafficking suspects
Author: Marissa Roper, Downtown Devil, January 23, 2015 Year: 2015 Outline: Phoenix City Council voted to change the booking procedures for human trafficking suspects and adjustments to the city’s Human Trafficking Task Force. The changes amended Phoenix City Code to include an “educational component” for suspects sentenced for soliciting or hiring a prostitute. The changes […]
Confronting Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Minors in the United States
Author: Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council of the National Academies Year: 2012 Outline: The Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council studied child sex trafficking as they affect U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents of the United States under age 18. The IOM/NRC report offers recommendations concerning strategies for responding to […]