CRIM 1400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Substance Abuse
6 Jun 2018
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Risk Factors for Commercial Sexual Exploitation
● Many terms
○ CSE
○ CSEC (children)
○ DMST (domestic minor sex trafficking)
Definitions
● Screening
○ Universal
■ Brief set of questions to flag people at risk
○ Targeted
■ Set of Qs for those who are suspected of CSED
● Assessment
○ Occurs after screening and consists of gathering key info to collaboratively
conceptualize the problem
○ Determine level of risk or degree of victimization
○ Identify individual’s strengths or problem areas
○ Begin development of response
Choi Article
● 2 main risk factors
○ Childhood maltreatment
■ Abuse → trauma
■ Physical, emotional
■ Family separation
○ Running away from home
● What is childhood maltreatment?
● Other risk factors that matter?
○ Demographics
○ Gay or bisexual
○ Races or ethnicities
○ Delinquency
● What are the implications for research and practice?
○ Puts them on the radar for victim service agencies
Prior Studies about Risk: Meta-Analysis
● 27,280 articles
○ 17 had sexual abuse
■ Sexual abuse in youth are 3x as likely to be trafficked
○ 9 had physical abuse
■ Had no impact on likelihood to be trafficked
○ 6 had emotional abuse
Measuring Risk Factors
● Prior victimization
○ Different abuse types
● Substance abuse
○ Different drugs
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