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Impact of Sexual
Assault
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VICTIM VS PHYSICAL, ACADEMIC QUALITY OF EMOTIONAL
SURVIVOR? SOCIAL, IMPACT LIFE REACTIONS
EMOTIONAL, Difficulty sleeplessness, PTSD, shame,
concentrating, missing nightmares, social helplessness, anger,
ECONOMIC, classes, falling behind
in their studies,
isolation, flashbacks,
and feelings of
depression.
Expert testimony Provide expert witness testimony in criminal and civil cases.
Testify in support of victim's claim for damages in civil cases.
Testify in support of severe emotional injuries (e.g., PTSD).
Online Sexual Solicitation
Internet Victimization
Internet
Victimization
• Most Internet-initiated sex crimes involve
adult men and underage teenagers.
• Even if encounters are "consensual"
between the two parties, it is still considered
statutory rape.
• Many online solicitors are not dangerous,
but some engage in criminal activities.
• Commercial sexual exploitation of
children and youth:
Offering
Circulating Luring
children to
pornographic children for
others for
images of purposes of
sexual
children sex
purposes
3RD LEADING CRIMINAL
It's one of the fastest-growing and possibly the most
ENTERPRISE
lucrative criminal enterprise worldwide
DEFINITION
Human trafficking is the economic exploitation of an
individual through force, fraud, or coercion
SCOPE OF TRAFFICKING
Human
Diverse areas are affected, highlighting the pervasive
nature of human trafficking.
EXPLOITATION VS.
Trafficking: A Victims don't need to be literally transported; trafficking
MOVEMENT
is defined by exploitation, not movement.
GLOBAL ESTIMATES
Approximately 20.9 million people worldwide are
victims of human trafficking. Many of which are
children.
Child and Adolescent Sex Trafficking
WOMEN AND GIRLS
POVERTY AND
TRAFFICKING
The victim's
cultural,
The trafficking
social, and
experience
family
environment.
Stage 1:
Vulnerabilities
Stages of before
recruitment
Assessment -
Trafficking
Experience Stage 3: Trafficking
process (travel,
Stage 2:
Methods used
transportation)
in recruitment
Stage 4: Intended
category of
exploitation
Assesment
• Victim's narrative of self (strengths &
weaknesses)
• Social history of family, culture, and community
• Focus on strengths to aid recovery
• Culturally Relevant Services
• Importance of cultural competency for
assessment and treatment.
• Western approaches may not be effective
• Consider spirituality as a coping mechanism
• Various therapeutic approaches can be used to
help victims
Therapeutic Approaches
Cognitive behavioral
Individual/group therapy (CBT)
therapy