"A study from Portland State University (PSU) unveiled Monday by U.S. Attorney Amanda Marshall showed that than 469 children in the Portland metro area received social services for commercial sexual exploitation over the last four years....
"The report is unique because it focuses solely on social service cases, providing authorities with a consistent and conservative standard for measuring the problem. Marshall said it will serve as a template that other states can use to measure their own rates of child exploitation.
Among the findings in the report:
- The average victim was 15.5 years old. The youngest was 8.
- More than 96 percent of the victims were female.
- Forty percent were Caucasian. African Americans represented 27.1 percent of the total – a disproportionately high number considering they make up only 5.8 percent of Multnomah County's population.
- More than half are dealing with addiction issues.
- Nearly half the cases have a gang connection.
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-08-groundbreaking-child-sex-trafficking.html
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