Abstract
Problem statement: There are 100,000 children exploited through prostitution annually in the United States (Shared Hope International, The National Report on Domestic Sex Trafficking (America’s Prostituted Children, 2009)). The average age of entry is 13 (Shared Hope International, The National Report on Domestic Sex Trafficking (America’s Prostituted Children, 2009)). While these statistics do not apply to labor and other forms of trafficking, research reveals that where there is labor trafficking there is also a high degree of sex trafficking.
Motivation: The horrendous abuse that children endure from being trafficking, coupled with the overwhelming costs to society in financing restorative programs, criminal activity including incarceration and court costs, and loss of human productivity, makes this a modern-day crisis. In January 2015, an FBI source stated that human trafficking is most likely the number one criminal enterprise in the world today.
Approach: Heather Tuininga, founder of 1010 Strategies, discovered and used analysis of field data stating that 74–86% of the men who purchase sex did so for the first time before the age of 25. We determined if we can prevent boys from purchasing, we can end sex trafficking for the next generation.
Results: We created an electronic platform of human trafficking prevention education via curriculum and resources for K-12 educators to implement in their classrooms that present balanced and evidence-based data.
Conclusions: The current response has been extremely favorable. We have received reports from curriculum providers whose programs have been introduced into the classroom showing an exceptionally high amount of success stories, including some disclosures from students who were being trafficked, in the process of being groomed, and/or abused.
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US Department of Justice—Office of Justice Programs ( http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/newsroom/factsheets/ojpfs_humantrafficking.html )
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International Watch Foundation ( http://www.iwf.org.uk/resources/trends )
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Shared Hope International and the Washington Attorney General’s Office ( http://www.sharedhope.org/Portals/0/Documents/2011_NewWashingtonlaw.pdf )
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National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence ( http://www.ncdsv.org/images/sexualassaultstatistics.pdf ) Finkelhor et al. (1990)
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US Department of Justice—Office of Community Oriented Policing Services ( http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/html/dispatch/01-2011/FromTheField.asp )
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National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=2815) (Wolak et al. (2006), pp. 7–8, 33)
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International Labor Organization (http://www.ilo.org/global/topics/forced-labour/lang%2D%2Den/index.htm)
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Almost 21 million people are victims of forced labor—11.4 million women and girls and 9.5 million men and boys.
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Almost 19 million victims are exploited by private individuals or enterprises and over 2 million by the state or rebel groups.
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Of those exploited by individuals or enterprises, 4.5 million are victims of forced sexual exploitation.
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Forced labor in the private economy generates US$ 150 billion in illegal profits per year.
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Domestic work, agriculture, construction, manufacturing, and entertainment are among the sectors most concerned.
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Migrant workers and indigenous people are particularly vulnerable to forced labor.
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Human trafficking earns profits of roughly $150 billion a year for traffickers, according to the ILO. The following is a breakdown of profits, by sector:
http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/resource/human-trafficking-numbers
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$99 billion from commercial sexual exploitation
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$34 billion in construction, manufacturing, mining, and utilities
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$9 billion in agriculture, including forestry and fishing
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$8 billion dollars is saved annually by private households that employ domestic workers under conditions of forced labor.
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Williams, Y.G. (2018). Human Trafficking Prevention Efforts for Kids (NEST). In: Walker, L., Gaviria, G., Gopal, K. (eds) Handbook of Sex Trafficking. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73621-1_17
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