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The National Report on Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking: America’s Prostituted Children 35DateIdentified# InvolvingProstitution11/04-11/05 136 HRV 852006 131 HRV 652007 189 HRV 119History with Child Protective Services (CPS)The common history of abuse in the lives of domestically trafficked minors leads to frequent pronouncedhistories with child protective services. The Letot Center in Dallas, Texas, found that 10% of juvenilesreceiving services were previously in CPS custody. 111Group homes, foster care homes, etc., can be targeted by traffickers/pimps who take advantage of theconcentration of vulnerable youth and systematically recruit from these locations. 112 The My Life, MyChoice Project based in Boston, Massachusetts, found that of the first 40 girls they worked with who wereliving in group home within the foster care system, 38 had been approached by a pimp for recruitment. 113“What we have learned is overwhelmingly, while these kids may leave home voluntarily, while they maybe runaways or any one of a variety or variations on that theme; they are seduced, they are tricked, theyare lured into this practice and then they lose the ability to walk away. These kids literally become 21stcentury slaves.” 114— Ernie Allen, President and CEO, National Center for Missing and Exploited ChildrenOlder BoyfriendsA main tactic used by traffickers/pimps to prey on youth is to institute a cycle of intimacy and violence;it is not unusual for a trafficker to first develop an intimate relationship with a targeted youth as a“boyfriend.” This sometimes is referred to as the “lover-boy tactic.” The trafficker uses a child’s desire foraffection to lock her into the relationship with him.The presence of an older, usually adult boyfriend in the life of a teen is an indicator of this frequently usedtactic. The existence of an older boyfriend often emerges during an investigation of misidentified or unidentified111Id. at pg. 112.112Remarks by Sheila, Survivor of domestic minor sex trafficking, GEMS. Shared Hope International National Training Conferenceon the Sex Trafficking of America’s Youth (Dallas, Texas: September 15-16, 2008). Transcript on file with authors.113Remarks by Lisa Goldblatt Grace, LICSW, Program Director, My Life My Choice Project. Shared Hope International NationalTraining Conference on the Sex Trafficking of America’s Youth (Dallas, Texas: September 15-16, 2008). Transcript on file withauthors.114Prostituted Children in the United States: Identifying and Responding to America’s Trafficked Youth, Seg. 1. Prod. Shared HopeInternational and Onanon Productions. DVD. Washington, D.C.: Shared Hope International, 2008.
36Shared Hope Internationaltrafficking victims. These adult boyfriends often sexually exploit the child for either drugs or money.Blueprint of the Life of a DMST VictimVictims of domestic minor sex trafficking typically experience myriad abusive encounters which usuallystart at an early age. This often sets the youth up for a high level of dangerous behavior as she navigatesand attempts to numb the confusion of her abusive environment. Professionals who interact with victimsof domestic minor sex trafficking often recognize or identify only an isolated incident in the continuumof the child’s victimization. However, in order to properly identify and respond to child sex trafficking,it is imperative to recognize the root causes as well as the collateral impact, such as psychosocial andbehavioral problems, which are direct results of chronic victimization. A comprehensive survey of 104prostituted juvenile victims in Clark County, Nevada, reveals the vast detrimental and debilitating impactof domestic minor sex trafficking on the life of a child. The findings are documented in the chart below.
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