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Juvenile female sex traffickers

L.C. Miccio-Fonseca
- 01 Jul 2017 - 
- Vol. 35, pp 26-32
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In this paper, a conceptual framework of the juvenile female sex trafficker is provided, extrapolated from a variety of data points and sources including: studies of sex trafficking victims and juvenile sexual offenders (males and females), and a large cross-validated normative sample (N = 1056) of MEGA♪, a risk assessment tool for sexually abusive youth.
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This article is published in Aggression and Violent Behavior.The article was published on 2017-07-01. It has received 15 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Sex trafficking & Juvenile.

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Early life adversities and polyvictimization in young persons with sexual behavior problems: A longitudinal study of child protective service referrals

TL;DR: Polyvictimization was relatively common for this group throughout childhood and adolescence, which highlights the multiintervention needs of this population of young persons with SBP.
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Family Lovemap and Erotically Related Protective Factors

TL;DR: A conceptual framework of variables likely interconnected to protective factors for sexually abusive youth associated with the Family Lovemap Aggregate of MEGA♪, a risk assessment tool for sexually abusers youth is provided.
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Scientific Evolution of Clinical and Risk Assessment of Sexually Abusive Youth: A Comprehensive Review of Empirical Tools

TL;DR: The comprehensive review sustains a twenty-first−century New Paradigm of inclusive ecologically based, developmentally and gender-sensitive assessment tools that definitively and accurately assess risk and protective factors of sexually abusive youth.
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MEGA♪: Empirical Findings on the Preternatural: Sexually Violent and Predatory Sexually Violent Youth

TL;DR: Very High risk level definitively identifies the most dangerous youth, thus empirically supporting the nomenclature of sexually violent and predatory sexually violent youth.

Substance Use Treatment Needs for Survivors of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children

TL;DR: Substance Use Treatment needs for Survivors of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children by substance use treatment needs for survivors of commercial sexual Exploiting of Children are studied.
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Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy

Kevin Bales
TL;DR: Bales' "Disposable People" as mentioned in this paper investigates conditions in Mauritania, Brazil, Thailand, Pakistan, and India and reveals the tragic emergence of a new slavery, one intricately linked to the global economy.
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What is so special about male adolescent sexual offending? A review and test of explanations through meta-analysis.

TL;DR: The results did not support the notion that adolescent sexual offending can be parsimoniously explained as a simple manifestation of general antisocial tendencies, and adolescent sex offenders had much less extensive criminal histories, fewer antisocial peers, and fewer substance use problems compared with non-sex offenders.

Juveniles Who Commit Sex Offenses Against Minors.

TL;DR: The National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) offers perspective on the characteristics of the juvenile sex offender population coming to the attention of law enforcement as mentioned in this paper, but relatively little population-based epidemiological information about the characteristics and their offenses has been available.
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Review of Research and Data on Human Trafficking in sub‐Saharan Africa

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an overview of the main features of human trafficking, its dynamics and its root causes in South-Saharan Africa (SSA), focusing on the methodology used and the extent to which findings of these studies can be generalized nationally.
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Sex Trafficking Into The United States: A Literature Review:

TL;DR: In this paper, an investigation of the literature relating to the trafficking of women and children into the United States for sexual exploitation is presented, with the intent to discover the extent and complexity of the problem, the cost in both human and economic terms, and research directions toward the development of probable political, legal, economic, and social solutions.