U.S. Legal Remedies for Minor Victims of Sex Tourism and Sex Trafficking

This guide focuses on legal remedies in the United States for crimes committed internationally. The appendices list prosecutions and civil cases brought against U.S. citizens and U.S. permanent residents for sexual abuse of children abroad. The defendants have included missionaries, Peace Corps volunteers, orphanage workers, aid workers,

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The voices of survivors: An exploration of the contributing factors that assisted with exiting from commercial sexual exploitation in childhood

The study design uniquely positioned the voices of survivors as experts in relation to expanding knowledge about the exiting process and in offering recommendations for youth-at-risk, family members, and providers. Contributions include underscoring the importance of bearing witness to youths’ stories as part of resiliency/recovery and valuing

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Handbook: Responding to Commercially Sexually Exploited and Trafficked Youth – 2016

This handbook will help direct child serving professionals and child welfare workers in New York State to adequately respond to the commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) and child trafficking. This document provides frontline professionals with key tools, resources, strategies, practice pointers, and guidelines to better identify and assist

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Handbook: Building Child Welfare Response to Child Trafficking – 2011

This handbook, written by the International Organization for Adolescents (IOFA) in Partnership with Loyola Chicago Center for Human Rights in 2011, addresses gaps in services for youth in child welfare in Illinois. This handbook features various screening tools that can be adapted to a variety of existing

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