What are the factors that prevent social workers from identifying domestic minor sexual traffic victims.
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2017
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California State University
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to explore methods of how to better identify
victims of Domestic Minor Sexual Traffic (DMST). Human trafficking still exists in
modern society, due to the volume of underground sexual solicitation; it has
become more difficult to identify victims of sexual exploitation in vulnerable youth
population. The research study conducted obtained different perspectives of
social workers within various human services agencies. The research study also
collected data with a via-email survey. The measures that were utilized were
knowledge of sexual trafficking victim’s characteristics, perceptions, beliefs, and
competence. Data was analyzed by using the SPSS software to analyze data,
provide a descriptive statistic by utilizing level of comfort chart. Table 1 (see
appendix D), identified 21% of females, and 14% of males. The results showed
that social workers had an understanding and the knowledge of sexual trafficked
victims, but their comfort level had a significant difference where it was reported
that they felt the need to have further training in regard to DMST victims. The
literature was consistent with the findings, workers are in need to further obtain
training regarding DMST victims. Due to the lack of research in DMST victims, it
was inconsistent whether social workers prevent from identifying DMST victims
due to their own perceptions.
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domestic minor sex trafficking, identification, vulnerable youth
Citation
Dimas, A. E. (2017). What are the factors that prevent social workers from identifying domestic minor sexual traffic victims. California State University, San Bernardino.