The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children

Grant, Anna; David, Fiona; Grabosky, Peter

doi:10.1080/10345329.2001.12036200

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“…In the limited available research featuring New Zealand children and young people involved in transactional sex, poverty and economic pressures are consistently named as precipitants to entering sex work. This is consistent with studies conducted in Australia, where the need for accommodation, money, food and drugs were named as key reasons for transactional sexual activity (Grant, Grabosky, & David, 1999). An unresponsive welfare system arguably plays a part in this drive to meet financial needs through survival sex, as the scarcity of financial support for young people living transient or chaotic lives perpetuates their reliance on survival sex (Abel & Fitzgerald, 2008).…”

Section: Financial Desperationsupporting

confidence: 90%

Children and survival sex: A social work agenda

Thorburn¹,

Haan

2016

ANZSWJ

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The purchasing of sexual services by adults from children and adolescents affects an un- known proportion of New Zealand youth, and is present in both rural and urban settings. International research shows that on average girls begin using sex for survival between the ages of 12 and 15. It can be argued that the terms used to denote adolescent transactional sex indicate the researchers’ moral position of the subject; the terms ‘prostitution’ and ‘client’ suggesting equal bargaining power and the terms ‘criminality’ and ‘delinquency’ implying victim responsibility. Recent articles are consistent in their comparison of transactional sex to child sexual abuse. Patriarchal ideals relating to gender roles and female sexuality may perpetuate the selling of sexual services by young people. Three primary pathways into survival sex have been identified: through intermediaries, through child sexual abuse and through inadequate protective systems. Children and young people engaged in transactional sex experience a range of adverse effects related to physical, sexual and mental health, and relationships. In New Zealand the use of children under 18 for sexual services is explicitly prohibited, but there are no comprehensive, nation-wide services for victims of transaction- al sex. Recommendations from the literature support a multi-systemic approach, with an extension of street outreach services, welfare provision and targeted prevention strategies.

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Section: Financial Desperationsupporting

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Children and survival sex: A social work agenda

Thorburn¹,

Haan

2016

ANZSWJ

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“…Human trafficking in Australia includes servitude, slavery, forced labor, debt bondage, forced marriage, and organ harvesting (Australian Federal Police, 2019). At the start of the 21st century, transnational trafficking of children for the purpose of sexual exploitation into Australia was rarely identified (Grant, David, & Grabosky, 2001). However, an increased number of adults and children are being recognized as victims (Davy, 2017b).…”

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Global Commercial and Sexual Exploitation of Children

Laser-Maira¹,

Hounmenou²,

Peach³

2020

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice

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The term commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) refers to the for-profit sexual exploitation of children and youth through buying, trading, or selling sexual acts. CSEC is a subset of children and youth who are victims of human trafficking or trafficking in persons (TIP). The Stockholm Declaration defines CSEC as a form of coercion and violence against children that amounts to forced labor and a contemporary form of slavery; there are many forms of CSEC, including child prostitution, child marriage, early marriage, forced marriage, temporary marriage, mail-order brides, child labor, child servitude, domestic servitude, begging, massage, sex tourism, child pornography, online streaming of sexual abuse, sexual extortion of children, and sexual solicitation of children. Not all experiences of sexual servitude are globally recognized. It is critical to explore the concepts of race, inequality, power, culture, and globalization and how they impact the commercial sexual exploitation of children.

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The Global Victimization of Children

Hartjen

Priyadarsini²

2012

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The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children

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Children and survival sex: A social work agenda

Children and survival sex: A social work agenda

Global Commercial and Sexual Exploitation of Children

The Global Victimization of Children

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