Practitioners' perspectives on working with families of minors experiencing sex trafficking: Family risk factors and implications for family based interventions

IF 3.4 2区心理学 Q1 FAMILY STUDIES

Child Abuse & Neglect Pub Date : 2024-11-08 DOI:10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.107132

Andrea J. Nichols , Melissa Oberstaedt , Sarah Slutsker , Kourtney Gilbert

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Abstract

Purpose

The current study explored family risk factors for sex trafficking of minors and the implications for family based interventions post identification.

Methods

Drawing from 30 interviews with social service and criminal justice professionals in a Midwestern metropolitan area, this qualitative study focused on their perspectives and experiences working with families of minors involved in sex trafficking. A small research team conducted an inductive analysis of transcribed audio recorded interviews. Coding of the transcribed interviews involved multiple phases, including open and selective independent co-coding processes.

Results

Results indicated that parents were often unaware of their child's involvement in a sex trafficking situation, and did not recognize warning signs. Family risk factors, including child sexual abuse and parental substance use disorder, preceded children's experiences with sex trafficking and continued to present challenges post-identification. Inaccessibility of resources to meet basic needs was an environmental risk factor impacting families and their children as well. Furthermore, family members' ability to provide a supportive relationship and structure for their child following sex trafficking involvement was also described as challenging.

Conclusions

Implications for prevention of retrafficking through family based interventions include providing sex trafficking related education to family members, facilitating development of supportive relationships, discussing the importance of providing structure following a sex trafficking situation, and providing individually tailored resources to family members to address substance use disorders, mental health challenges, and basic needs.

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从业人员对与遭遇性贩运的未成年人家庭合作的看法：家庭风险因素及对基于家庭的干预措施的影响。

目的：本研究探讨了未成年人性交易的家庭风险因素以及识别后基于家庭的干预措施的影响：这项定性研究通过对中西部大都会地区的社会服务和刑事司法专业人员进行 30 次访谈，重点了解他们与涉及性交易的未成年人家庭打交道的观点和经验。一个小型研究小组对转录的访谈录音进行了归纳分析。对转录访谈的编码涉及多个阶段，包括开放式和选择性的独立共同编码过程：结果表明，父母往往不知道自己的孩子卷入了性交易，也无法识别警示信号。包括儿童性虐待和父母药物使用障碍在内的家庭风险因素在儿童遭遇性贩运之前就存在，并在确认后继续构成挑战。无法获得满足基本需求的资源也是影响家庭及其子女的环境风险因素。此外，家庭成员为卷入性贩运的儿童提供支持性关系和结构的能力也被描述为具有挑战性：通过以家庭为基础的干预措施预防再次贩运的意义包括：向家庭成员提供与性贩运相关的教育，促进支持性关系的发展，讨论在发生性贩运后提供结构的重要性，以及向家庭成员提供量身定制的资源以解决药物使用障碍、心理健康挑战和基本需求。

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Child Abuse & Neglect Multiple-

CiteScore

7.40

自引率

10.40%

发文量

397

期刊介绍： Official Publication of the International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect. Child Abuse & Neglect The International Journal, provides an international, multidisciplinary forum on all aspects of child abuse and neglect, with special emphasis on prevention and treatment; the scope extends further to all those aspects of life which either favor or hinder child development. While contributions will primarily be from the fields of psychology, psychiatry, social work, medicine, nursing, law enforcement, legislature, education, and anthropology, the Journal encourages the concerned lay individual and child-oriented advocate organizations to contribute.