“The Trauma of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Youth: A Comparison of CSE Victims to Sexual Abuse Victims in a Clinical Sample.” Jennifer Cole, Ginny Sprang, Robert Lee, and Judith Cohen. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, online before print (November 6, 2014).
What it’s about: Not all abuse and traumatic experiences affect teens the same way. Researchers wanted to see if young victims of commercial sexual exploitation and youth who have been sexually abused or assaulted (but not exploited commercially) differ in the levels of trauma and the challenges they face. The researchers analyzed data collected from 215 young people when they received help from trauma centers belonging to the National Child Traumatic Stress Network.
Why read it: “Before sexually exploited youth can receive appropriate services, they must be identified as victims of [commercial sexual exploitation],” authors Cole, Sprang, Lee and Cohen write. This and other research seeking to identify the characteristics of sexually exploited youth, differentiate them from other trauma victims, and better understand how exploitation affects them helps social service agencies to identify and properly treat exploited youth.
[For more of this story go to http://ncfy.acf.hhs.gov/news/2...ffects-young-victims]
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