Background: Homeless, runaway, and transgender youth are at high risk for commercial
sexual exploitation in the United States. Research examining this phenomenon is growing …

Commercial sexual exploitation (CSE) of youth is a public health issue with multiple
negative consequences. Despite the complexities and comprehensiveness of service needs …

Identifying victims of commercial sexual exploitation in the juvenile justice system is a
challenging complexity requiring concerted organizational commitment. Using a three …

Abstract Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people have historically
been subjected to maltreatment across multiple environments and systems–including their …

This study seeks to better understand the interactions between police and commercially
sexually exploited (CSE) youth. Analysis from 34 interviews conducted with CSE youth …

This interpretive qualitative meta-synthesis (QMS) aims to systematically review what we
know about the help-seeking and help-related experiences of commercially sexually …

Background The literature on help engagement of commercially sexually exploited youth
has tended to focus on the challenges of such relationships and has been mostly grounded …

Commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) is a social problem in the United States
that has recently received growing attention from policy makers, advocates, and …

This exploratory study examines the awareness of human services professionals of the
problem of human trafficking, and the related federal and state policy responses in Illinois …

Human trafficking is a thriving business around the world. Although attention had been
focused initially on those who were trafficked over international borders for sexual …