Reading & Research Recommendations

Books 

(Found at your local library or purchased in bookstores.) 

Renting Lacy: A Story of America’s Prostituted Children (A Call to Action) by Linda Smith

Girls Like Us: Fighting for a World Where Girls Are Not For Sale: A Memoir by Rachel Lloyd

Walking Prey: How America’s Youth Are Vulnerable to Sex Slavery by Holly Austin Smith

Research

(Found at the links provided.)

NEW – The Freedom From Sexploitation Agenda, Policy Recommendations on sSex Trafficking, Sexual Violence, Child Exploitation and Pornography, March 17, 2017. Prepared by the National Center on Sexual Exploitation.
http://endsexualexploitation.org/wp-content/uploads/NCOSE_Freedom-from-Sexploitation-Agenda_Policy-Recommendations_03-17-2017.pdf

University of New Hampshire – Crimes Against Children Research Center: Sex Trafficking Cases Involving Minors, Nov. 2013.
http://www.unh.edu/ccrc/pdf/CV313_Final_Sex_Trafficking_Minors_Nov_2013_rev.pdf

Westchester County Department of Social Services 2013 Safe Harbour New York (Part of ChildRight) http://www.ocfs.state.ny.us/main/Safe Harbour Project/assets/Westchester Safe Harbour proposal.pdf

Westchester County Office of Children & Family Services Human Trafficking page provides information on the elements on HT, myths, laws & prevention.
http://ocfs.ny.gov/main/humantrafficking/default.asp

Fast Facts: CSEC and Minor Trafficking:
http://ocfs.ny.gov/main/humantrafficking/resources/fast-facts-Child-Trafficking-and-CSEC.pdf

The National Human Trafficking Hotline maintains a robust training library:
https://humantraffickinghotline.org/resources

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children: Sextortion form of sexual exploitation that occurs primarily online in which non-physical forms of coercion are utilized, such as blackmail, to acquire sexual content (photos/videos) of the child, obtain money from the child or engage in sex with the child.
Trends Identified in CyberTipLine Sextortion Reports.

ECPAT-USA is the leading anti-trafficking policy organization in the United States. ECPAT-USA belongs to an international network of organizations in 75 countries, all working to end the commercial sexual exploitation of children. Find reports, statistic, videos here: http://ecpatusa.org/resources/

The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in New York City, Volume One, The CSEC Population in New York City: Size, Characteristics and Needs by the Center for Court Innovation and John Jay College of Criminal Justice. September 2008 http://www.courtinnovation.org/sites/default/files/CSEC_NYC_Volume1.pdf