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Adversity and intervention needs among girls in residential care with experiences of commercial sexual exploitation

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posted on 2023-06-09, 14:04 authored by Kristine HickleKristine Hickle, Dominique Roe-Sepowitz
While the body of research on effective interventions for children and young people who experience commercial sexual exploitation is growing, much remains unknown regarding intervention needs, particularly in relation to the role of residential care in meeting those needs. In an effort to fill the gap in this research, this paper will report on a study comparing case files for girls victimized (n?=?73) and not victimized (n?=?62) by commercial sexual exploitation who were living in a residential care setting in a large southwestern city in the United States. Findings indicate that sexually exploited girls were more likely to report experiences of child sexual abuse, substance misuse/addiction, dating violence, and gang affiliation; they were also significantly more likely to run away from the group home facility and be identified as having an ‘unsuccessful discharge’. In the second part of the article we will consider the results of this study in the context of a wider discourse on how best to intervene in the lives of CSEC survivors in the United States and throughout the world.

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  • Published

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  • Accepted version

Journal

Children and Youth Services Review

ISSN

0190-7409

Publisher

Elsevier

Volume

93

Page range

17-23

Department affiliated with

  • Social Work and Social Care Publications

Research groups affiliated with

  • Centre for Innovation and Research in Childhood and Youth Publications

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  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2018-07-06

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2020-01-02

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2018-07-06

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