The Illusions and Juxtapositions of Commercial Sexual Exploitation among Youth: Identifying Effective Street-Outreach Strategies

摘要: To explore sexually exploited youths' perspectives of how street outreach workers can effectively provide and connections to services, we conducted qualitative interviews with 13 female participants, ages 14 22, in a Midwest U.S. city. Participants reported multiple types exploitation, most first by age 13, plus substance use recurrent homelessness. Nearly all had pimp, used the internet as venue for sexual exploitation. wanted “soft words” refer They expressed contradictory images their “boyfriend” pimps “provide resources,” “be nonjudgmental,” “listen,” “care.” Street be one way support youth but should occur settings.