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Appendix C: Site Visit Methodology and Summaries
Appendix C: Site Visit Methodology and Summaries
Pages 413-428
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; • discuss barriers or challenges entailed in providing services to vic tims and survivors of these crimes and how those issues are ad dressed; and • identify the features, relationships, and settings critical to address ing commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of minors. The site visits were conducted as open-format discussions with organizations and individuals that work to address commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of minors.
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o evel of awareness regarding commercial sexual exploitation L and sex trafficking of minors o ystems involved in addressing commercial sexual exploitation S and sex trafficking of minors o tate laws addressing commercial sexual exploitation and sex S trafficking of minors o ormal and informal collaboration among systems F o ther community resources O o ender, sex, and sexual orientation of youth served by the G program/organization o ge of youth served by the program/organization A o ace and ethnicity of youth served by the program/organization R o outh served by the program/organization court-referred or Y mandated o itizenship or immigration status of youth served by the program/ C organization o omeless and runaway youth served by the program/organization H • Settings o dequacy of spaces/places serving victims and survivors of com A mercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking o cceptability of spaces/places serving victims and survivors of A commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking • Evaluation and data collection efforts o re data collected, analyzed, reported?
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Many of the individuals and organizations invited to participate in the site visit played a role in developing and advocating for the law, and all will be affected by and engaged in its implementation. While Massachusetts was one of the last states to enact antitrafficking legislation, organizations in Boston have been leaders in addressing commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of minors, particularly among girls.
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Organization representatives present at the site visit noted a correlation between training and additional victim referrals, but lamented a lack of infrastructure and funding to support training. They believe a successful training model would promote a shared language for commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of children and adolescents; teach participants about what other sectors do to address these problems and how they do it; encourage a holistic response; and include discussion of race-, gender-, and class-based violence.
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They mentioned stable housing, addiction treatment, and trusting relationships as three important resources to have in place. Laws and Policies Participants mentioned laws and policies that affect the response to commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of children and adolescents.
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Reliance on the Juvenile Justice System According to site visit participants, the response to sex trafficking in San Francisco appears to rely heavily on the juvenile justice system. This observation may reflect the participants invited to attend, or may be true of the response in San Francisco more generally.
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This task force focuses on international trafficking, and service providers and child welfare are not as involved as in other communities. Participants mentioned the need for more coordination among stakeholders working to address the commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of minors, so a task force focused
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Connell School of Nursing Callie Marie Rennison, University of Colorado Denver John A Rich, Drexel University School of Public Health Patti Simon, Institute of Medicine Patti Toth, Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission In the past few years, Illinois has enacted several laws to aid in identifying and assisting minors that are victims/survivors of commercial sexual exploitation or sex trafficking, and it is also concentrating efforts on the demand side of these crimes.
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Law enforcement representatives stated that they trust that service providers understand their role in addressing commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of minors and will not interfere unnecessarily with investigations. Different levels of law enforcement also have unique levels of trust.
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Partnering with Child Welfare and Child Abuse Systems Participants called Illinois' child welfare agency, the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) , a critical partner in addressing commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of minors, particularly since the Safe Children Act gave DCFS jurisdiction over all children arrested for prostitution.
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as potential partners in addressing commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of minors because they have locations outside of major urban areas where few services for victims of these crimes currently exist, and they have extensive experience with forensic interviewing of children and victims of abuse. Participants identified several challenges to implementing a child welfare response to commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of minors: the need to ensure that the harms caused by the juvenile justice system are not recreated in the child welfare system; the size of the agency and the resulting numerous points of entry for victims; lack of funding to implement a response; challenges in creating specialized, voluntary, nonjudgmental services; and the need to build capacity for data collection and evaluation.
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Finally, participants mentioned the need for additional services in all areas related to commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking for LGBT and male adolescents. Site Visit 4: New York, New York -- September 12, 2012 Invited participants danah boyd, Microsoft Research Courtney Bryan, Center for Court Innovation Janice Holzman, Girls Educational and Mentoring Services (GEMS)
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Rich, Drexel University School of Public Health Patti Simon, Institute of Medicine In 2008, New York State enacted the nation's first safe harbor law for victims and survivors of commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking. Since then, New York City's criminal and juvenile justice systems have begun to recognize minors arrested for prostitution as victims and survivors in need of services and assistance.
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Providing Case Management To address the complex needs of victims and survivors of commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking, site visit participants support the use of case management. With the assistance of a case manager, services and assistance can be designed and coordinated to meet each individual victim's/ survivor's needs.
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Site visit participants suggested that child protective services could benefit from additional training related to commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of minors. Using Technology Finally, the site visit included a discussion of the role of technology in the commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of minors in the United States.
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428 Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Minors continues to play an increasing role in the response to commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of minors, special consideration will need to be given to emerging legal and law enforcement issues (e.g., determining jurisdiction for crimes committed online)
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