Website Citation Sources
90% of survivors arrested
Jacobs, B. & Richard, S. (2016). National Survivor Network Members Survey: Impact of Criminal Arrest and Detention on Survivors of Human Trafficking.
https://nationalsurvivornetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/VacateSurveyFinal.pdf
88% of survivors received medical attention
Lederer L.J.,Wetzel C.A. (2014). The Health Consequences of Sex Trafficking and Their Implications for Identifying Victims in Healthcare Facilities. Annals of Health Law, 23(1). 61-91.
91% of minor victims enrolled in school
Georgia Cares, (2016).
37% of victims recruited online
The Human Trafficking Institute, (2019). Federal Human Trafficking Report. Page 25
5% of victims restrained
The Human Trafficking Institute, (2019). Federal Human Trafficking Report. Page 27.
68% of girls experienced cyber sexual harassment
Reed, E., Salazar, M., (2019). Cyber Sexual Harassment. Journal of Adolescence.
Child victims in all 50 states
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, (2019). Child Sex Trafficking: By the Numbers
https://www.missingkids.org/theissues/trafficking#bythenumbers
Child victims in 145 GA counties
Georgia Cares, (2020). Georgia Cares Impact: Fiscal Year 2019.
Average age of victims 11-14
Estes, R. & Weiner, N. (2001). The commercial sexual exploitation of children in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. University of Pennsylvania. Page 92.
https://abolitionistmom.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Complete_CSEC_0estes-weiner.pdf
77% of sex workers first experience under 18
Swaner, R., Labriola, M. (2016). Youth Involvement in the Sex Trade: A National Study. US Dept of Justice. Page 50.
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/grants/249952.pdf
60% of children unintentionally viewed porn
British Board of Film Classification (2019). Research into Children and Pornography.
https://www.bbfc.co.uk/about-us/news/children-see-pornography-as-young-as-seven-new-report-finds
First exposure to porn at 12.4 years old
Kraus, S. & Rosenberg, H. (2014). The pornography craving questionnaire: Psychometric properties. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 43, 451-462.
1 in 10 minor porn site visitors under 10 years old
Bitdefender, (2016).
68% of 12-year-olds have smart phone
Rideout, V., Robb, M. (2019). The Common Sense Census: Media Use by Tweens and Teens. Page 28.
76% of Pornhub visits were made with smart phones
Pornhub, (2019). Year in Review.
https://www.pornhub.com/insights/2019-year-in-review
Pornhub daytime visits peaks at 4:00
Pornhub, (2019). Year in Review.
https://www.pornhub.com/insights/2019-year-in-review
76% of tweens visit YouTube
Rideout, V., Robb, M. (2019). The Common Sense Census: Media Use by Tweens and Teens. Page 28.
Increase in self-generated child porn during COVID
Fight the New Drug (2020). Why There’s Been A 106% Increase In Child Sexual Exploitation Reports During The Pandemic.
https://fightthenewdrug.org/increase-in-child-sexual-exploitation-reports-during-the-pandemic/
Online grooming manual in Australia
The Guardian (2020). Child abuse predator ‘handbook’ lists ways to target children during coronavirus lockdown.
93% increase in online enticement
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (2020). COVID-19 and Missing and Exploited Children, Blog.
https://www.missingkids.org/blog/2020/covid-19-and-missing-and-exploited-children
Hotel staff identification of victims increased from 8% to 44%
John Conte, (2014). “Inhospitable to Human Trafficking Program Evaluation”, Businesses Ending Slavery and Trafficking.
Peak time for online sex purchase is 2:00PM
Businesses Ending Slavery & Trafficking. Sex Traffickers and Sex Buyers Put Employers and Their Business Partners At Risk, Seattle Business Case.
https://www.bestalliance.org/uploads/5/0/0/4/50047795/_seattle_business_case.pdf
846% increase in cyber tip line calls 2010-2015
Yoita Souras (2015). National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Souras%20Testimony%20-%20PSI%202015-11-19.pdf