American Indian Adolescent Girls: Vulnerability to Sex Trafficking, Intervention Strategies

Pierce, Alexandra

doi:10.5820/aian.1901.2012.37

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“…The importance of trauma-focused care was also central to the Oshkiniigikwe program, which provides support services to American Indian and Alaska Native women, adolescent girls and their families. The evaluators conducted interviews with clients at entry point into the program and again six months later to determine that delivering services in culturally sensitive ways and supporting victims to strengthen their sense of identity were an integral part of case management (Pierce, 2012). Finally, a 2014 evaluation of NGO programing in Albania, Kosovo, Serbia, Romania, and Bulgaria, highlighted the importance of longer term support for victim assistance initiatives to allow sufficient time for recovery (Surtees, 2015).…”

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Combatting Human Trafficking since Palermo: What Do We Know about What Works?

Bryant

Landman

2020

Journal of Human Trafficking

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In 2016, there were an estimated 40.3 million victims of modern slavery in the world, more than were enslaved during the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Since the adoption of the 2000 UN Trafficking Protocol, numerous efforts from inter-governmental agencies, governmental agencies, international non-governmental organizations (INGOs), and domestic non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have strived to combat the phenomena of human trafficking through legal-institutional means, direct interventions, and programs of support for those exploited. This anti-trafficking work has paid varying degrees of attention to the principles and methods of monitoring, evaluation, and impact assessment, but has often been subject to the end of project evaluations. Similar to findings of reviews of evaluations in the international development sector, evaluations of anti-trafficking programing have primarily focused on assessing the progress of project implementation and the achievement of outputs, rather than tracking the achievement of outcomes or impact. This is further complicated by the hidden nature of human trafficking and the trauma experienced by humantrafficking victims. As a consequence, despite some evidence of raised awareness and increased levels of funding, organizations are still struggling to demonstrate impact and discern what works to combat human trafficking. This article analyses the evaluations of counter-trafficking programing produced since the Protocol to draw conclusions regarding the lessons learned from these interventions and the methods used to monitor and evaluate human-trafficking programs. By highlighting gaps, this article provides a series of suggestions on how to better track progress and impact toward the elimination of modern slavery.

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Section: Supporting Survivorsmentioning

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Combatting Human Trafficking since Palermo: What Do We Know about What Works?

Bryant

Landman

2020

Journal of Human Trafficking

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“…As our purpose included understanding the effectiveness of interventions for fostering healing among sexually exploited children and adolescents, we were interested not only in the quality of the research methods but also in the relevance of each study to our specific questions. Nine articles explicitly provided a definition of sexual exploitation that aligned with the UN CRC definition used in this review (Cluver et al, 2013;Countryman-Roswurm & Bolin, 2014;Dunbar et al, 2014;Gibbs et al, 2015;Jana, Dey, Reza-Paul, & Steen, 2014;Pierce, 2012;Saewyc & Edinburgh, 2010;Schrader & Wendland, 2012;Twill et al, 2010). Several studies had definitions of sexual exploitation that were less specific (e.g., also included witnessing rape or sexual abuse, abuse by family members, etc.).…”

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“…Programs and services were categorized as "intensive case management interventions" if they provided comprehensive services that at minimum addressed participants' physical, mental, and psychosocial needs and used multiple strategies such as crisis interventions, educational supports, mental health services, vocational supports, and/or housing assistance. This group of four articles represented five unique programs, all located in the United States (Edinburgh & Saewyc, 2009;Gibbs et al, 2015;Pierce, 2012;Saewyc & Edinburgh, 2010). Two of the articles focused on the Runaway Intervention Program (RIP) (Edinburgh & Saewyc, 2009;Saewyc & Edinburgh, 2010), whereas the study by Gibbs and colleagues (2015) evaluated three programs: Salvation Army Trafficking Outreach Program and Intervention Techniques, Standing Against Global Exploitation Everywhere Project, and Streetwork Project at Safe Horizon.…”

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Interventions that Foster Healing Among Sexually Exploited Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review

Moynihan

Pitcher

Saewyc

2018

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

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Sexual exploitation of children and adolescents is a pressing, yet largely under-recognized form of child abuse. The goals of this review were to identify interventions that have been implemented with sexually exploited children and adolescents and to better understand their effectiveness for fostering healing with this population. Our systematic search generated 4,358 publications of which 21 met our inclusion criteria. Based on their objectives and delivery, we organized the interventions into five categories: (a) focused health and/or social services, (b) intensive case management models, (c) psychoeducational therapy groups, (d) residential programs, and (e) other. Most programs were gender-specific, targeting girls and young women with just one being for boys and young men only. Studies reported on a range of outcomes including psychosocial outcomes, risky behaviors, trauma responses, mental health, protective factors, and public health outcomes. Despite differences in delivery, most of the interventions did, to some degree, appear to foster healing among sexually exploited children and adolescents. Findings from this review have implications for researchers, policy and program developers, and frontline practitioners who, through partnerships with one another, can advocate for the creation of evidence-informed, purpose-built, and thoughtfully delivered interventions.

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“…Victims or survivors of sexual exploitation and trafficking maintain increased rates of mental health issues such as depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and have elevated rates of trauma (Muftic & Finn, 2013; Pierce, 2012; Reid, 2011; Twill, Green, & Traylor, 2010; Wells & Mitchell, 2007). These are important risks and consequences of sexual exploitation because they profoundly affect individuals’ experiences during sexual exploitation and any assistance they may subsequently seek.…”

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From Exploitation to Industry: Definitions, Risks, and Consequences of Domestic Sexual Exploitation and Sex Work Among Women and Girls

Gerassi

2015

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

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In the last 15 years, terms such as prostitution, sex trafficking, sexual exploitation, modern-day slavery, and sex work have elicited much confusion and debate as to their definitions. Consequently several challenges have emerged for both law enforcement in the prosecution of criminals and practitioners in service provision. This article reviews the state of the literature with regard to domestic, sexual exploitation among women and girls in the United States and seeks to (1) provide definitions and describe the complexity of all terms relating to domestic sexual exploitation of women and girls in the United States, (2) explore available national prevalence data according to the definitions provided, and (3) review the evidence of mental health, social, and structural risk factors at the micro-, mezzo-, and macrolevels.

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American Indian Adolescent Girls: Vulnerability to Sex Trafficking, Intervention Strategies

Cited by 42 publications

References 2 publications

Combatting Human Trafficking since Palermo: What Do We Know about What Works?

Combatting Human Trafficking since Palermo: What Do We Know about What Works?

Interventions that Foster Healing Among Sexually Exploited Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review

From Exploitation to Industry: Definitions, Risks, and Consequences of Domestic Sexual Exploitation and Sex Work Among Women and Girls

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