On Thursday, news broke that Backpage.com CEO Carl Ferrer was arrested in Texas (on a California warrant) on felony charges of pimping a minor. It’s about time. It is rare to read a press release now that doesn’t mention Backpage.com as a factor in a child sex trafficking arrest. In fact, Shared Hope has tracked […]
Attitude of Gratitude
Copyrighted Content ã By Marti MacGibbon, CADC-II, ACRPS Attitude is everything. Gratitude is the ultimate attitude adjustment. Since 2000, psychologists have conducted numerous studies on the effect and benefits of gratitude. Gratitude, it turns out, is a very powerful and often overlooked emotion. In the words of Cicero, the ancient Roman philosopher, “Gratitude is not […]
Prevention: It Matters!
pre·ven·tion – prəˈven(t)SH(ə)n/ noun – the action of stopping something from happening or arising. A study in Minnesota shows a benefit cost analysis for providing preventative and early intervention methods quantified at $34 to $1. For every $1 we spend on preventative measures for young adolescent females at risk for sexual abuse/trafficking, we will save […]
What is Justice Supposed to Look Like?
By Rose Mukhar, JD, Justice At Last Imagine that you are an 11-year-old girl being sex trafficked by your parents. Or, that you are a 15-year-old boy trading sex for food and a place to stay. Or instead, that you are a 17-year-old girl willingly in “the life” to show loyalty to your gang. […]
Knowledge is Powerful and Helpful: How Trauma Can Impact Interviews of DMST
By Iona Rudisill, Baltimore Child Abuse Center Trafficking of youth has been occurring for decades and centuries. Regardless of the Emancipation Proclamation being enacted in 1863, the reality is slavery never stopped. That is exactly what juvenile sex trafficking is: the slavery and bondage of innocent youth for the pleasure and commercial exploitation of others. […]
