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From the Institute of Medicine/ Confronting and Sex Trafficking in the United States A Guide for Providers of |
INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE AND
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
In 2013, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the National Research Council (NRC) published a report about commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of minors in the United States. The report, Confronting Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Minors in the United States, was funded by the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. It provides a comprehensive view of this issue and offers a detailed explanation of its findings and recommendations.
The content of this guide was derived entirely from the original report as an abridged version for providers of victim and support services. This guide, which was also funded by the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, was edited by Rona Briere and Patti Simon.
Confronting Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Minors in the United States was authored by the IOM/NRC Committee on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Minors in the United States:
ELLEN WRIGHT CLAYTON (Co-Chair), Craig-Weaver Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Law, and Co-Founder, Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt University
RICHARD D. KRUGMAN (Co-Chair), Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, University of Colorado School of Medicine
TONYA CHAFFEE, Medical Director of Child and Adolescent Support, Advocacy and Resource Center, University of California, San Francisco
ANGELA DIAZ, Jean C. and James W. Crystal Professor of Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
ABIGAIL ENGLISH, Director, Center for Adolescent Health & the Law
BARBARA GUTHRIE, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor, Yale University School of Nursing
SHARON LAMBERT, Associate Professor of Clinical/Community Psychology, The George Washington University
MARK LATONERO, Research Director, Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy, University of Southern California
NATALIE McCLAIN, Assistant Professor, Boston College William F. Connell School of Nursing
CALLIE MARIE RENNISON, Associate Professor, School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado Denver
JOHN A. RICH, Professor and Chair of Health Management and Policy, Drexel University School of Public Health
JONATHAN TODRES, Professor of Law, Georgia State University College of Law
PATTI TOTH, Program Manager, Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission
International Standard Book Number-13: 978-0-309-30489-4
International Standard Book Number-10: 0-309-30489-X
Additional copies of this report are available from the National Academies Press, 500 Fifth Street, NW, Keck 360, Washington, DC 20001; (800) 624-6242 or (202) 334-3313; http://www.nap.edu.
Contents
3 How Victim and Support Services Can Help
Creating an “Allegation of Harm”
Requiring Reporting to Child Protective Services
Raising Awareness and Building Capacity in Child Welfare
Developing State Guidelines and Tools for Child Welfare Professionals
Making Federal Benefits and Services Available to Victims of Trafficking
Providing Employment and Job Training to Trafficking Victims
Using a Statewide Coordinated Care Approach to the Provision of Victim and Support Services
Curriculum Development and Education
Training for Victim and Support Service Professionals
Outreach and Public Awareness Initiatives
Direct Support to State and Local Organizations
Multisector and Interagency Efforts
4 Approaches and Challenges to Service Provision
Approaches to the Provision of Services
Survivor-Led and Survivor-Informed Models
Challenges to Service Provision
Lack of Adequate Shelter and Housing
Few Victim and Support Services for Boys
Lack of Awareness Among Service Providers
Lack of Information Sharing and Communication
Impact on Service Providers of Working with Victims and Survivors
Lack of Consensus on Services and Service Delivery
Increase Awareness and Understanding
Strategies for Awareness Among Children and Adolescents
