Child Sex Trafficking: How do People Become Victims?

With recent high-profile cases, the world is discussing Child Sex Trafficking. Here’s what we know about how traffickers find their victims.
With recent high-profile cases, the world is discussing Child Sex Trafficking. Here’s what we know about how traffickers find their victims.
Those of us in the field know that access to CSAM on the dark web is really only a few clicks away. Despite what many people think, it is pretty easy to access.
My reading this morning was about: moving the US toward primary prevention of child sexual abuse; child predators on TikTok and my first YouTube troll comments.
Based on science and clinical experience we know there are individuals who acknowledge an attraction to children, also known as minor attraction.
It’s easy to tell when a bit of science about pedophilia is brought out to the general public. There is usually a rash of negative memes attacking the authors.
Institutional abuse, stories of sexual harm from schools and churches, seems to be in the news almost every day. How can we try to predict and prevent it?
Sexting in 8th Grade – Part I Last week I shared the story of my long time friend’s experience with her child early in the school year: Her 5th grader watching her 8th grade friend sexting on the bus. As you might imagine, the story does not end there. After the initial conversation with her daughter, […]
A few weeks ago a client shared with me an experience he had with his child. This client has been in recovery for years. He is VERY knowledgeable about online pornography, it’s dangers and how easy it is to access pornography online.