Child exploitation

Understanding, Preventing, and Responding to Human Trafficking

December 2022

Series

Human trafficking is an issue without a simple solution, but research on this problem is helping victims and developing tools and information to help better understand, prevent, and respond to trafficking. NIJ Scientist Mary Carlton joins host Josh Mondoro, Communications Assistant at NIJ, for a discussion about this research.

Prevalence of Online Sexual Offenses Against Children in the US

Date Published

October 2022

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Evaluation of Services for the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Youth: A Scoping Review

Date Published

October 2022

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Practices and Policies Around Wellness: Insights From the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Network

Date Published

June 2022

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

FY 2021 Report to the Committees on the Judiciary on the Study of Investigative Factors Related to Online Child Exploitation Report

Date Published

August 2022

Agencies

NIJ

Measurement and Analysis of Child Pornography Trafficking on P2P Networks

Date Published

2013

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Improving the Response to Victims of Child Sexual Exploitation Materials: A Multi-Method, Multi-Informant National Study

15PNIJ-21-GG-02983-MUMU

Open

Funding First Awarded

2021

$1,491,313

Increasing the Efficacy of Investigations of Online Child Sexual Exploitation: Report to Congress

Date Published

May 2022

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Safe harbor law: pre- to post-implementation change in service providers' knowledge and response to sex trafficking of minors

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Practice Brief: Sexual and Gender Minority Homeless Youth

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

A Longitudinal Evaluation of a Survivor-Mentor Program for Child Survivors of Sex Trafficking in the United States

Date Published

2020

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Friends, Family, and Boyfriends: An Analysis of Relationship Pathways Into Commercial Sexual Exploitation

Date Published

April 2019

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Ethical and Practical Considerations for Collecting Research-Related Data From Commercially Sexually Exploited Children

Date Published

2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

On the Relationships Between Commercial Sexual Exploitation/Prostitution, Substance Dependency, and Delinquency in Youthful Offenders

Date Published

November 2014

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Evaluation of a Multi-Session Group Designed To Prevent Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Minors: The "My Life My Choice" Curriculum

Date Published

2019

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Evaluation of a Multi-Session Group Designed to Prevent Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Minors: The "My Life My Choice" Curriculum

Date Published

2019

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description, Instructional Material (Programmed), Curriculum

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Ethical and Practical Considerations for Collecting Research-Related Data from Commercially Sexually Exploited Children

Date Published

2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Challenging the Dominant Frame: The Moderating Impact of Exposure and Knowledge on Perceptions of Sex Trafficking Victimization

Date Published

2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Agency and Social Constraint Among Victims of Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking: A Method for Measuring Free Will

Date Published

November 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Study Revealed Safe Harbor Laws Increased Protections for Sex-Trafficked Youth, Identified Needs for Agency Support and Judicial Training

Date Published

March 2021

Agencies

NIJ

The AMBER Advocate, Summer 2018

Date Published

September 2018

Agencies

OJJDP-Sponsored

Research to Reduce Trauma for Child Pornography Victims, Fiscal Year 2021

Closing Date

June 10, 2021

With this solicitation, NIJ requests proposals for rigorous scientific research to identify best practices to reduce the trauma of children affected by child pornography investigations.

Just Science Podcast: Just Identifying Fingerprints Through Photographs

Date Published

December 2020

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Interview, Instructional Material (Programmed), Case Study

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Expanding Research to Examine the Impacts of Forensic Science on the Criminal Justice System

December 2020

In 2004, the National Institute of Justice created the social science research on forensic sciences (SSRFS) research program to explore the impact of forensic sciences on the criminal justice system and the administration of justice. Much of the early research from the SSRFS program focused on DNA processing and the use of DNA in investigations and prosecutions.

Review the YouTube Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy

Preventing the next sext: A behavioral economic approach to understanding nude photo sharing decisions in a high school community

2020-R2-CX-0037

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2020

$100,000

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