Residential instability, running away, and juvenile detention characterizes commercially sexually exploited youth involved in Washington State's child welfare system - Pullmann MD, Roberts N, Parker EM, Mangiaracina KJ, Briner L, Silverman M, Becker JR.

BACKGROUND: Federal policy in 2015 expanded the definition of "child abuse" to include human trafficking. As a result, child welfare agencies are newly responsible for identifying and providing services for youth in state care who are or at-risk of commerc...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news