Experiences of Youth in the Sex Trade in Atlantic City

Authors

Marcus, A., Riggs, R., Rivera, S., Curtis, R.

Type
Paper/Research
Year published
2016
Accession number

25575

Title

Experiences of Youth in the Sex Trade in Atlantic City

Organization

Center for Court Innovation, New York, NY

Abstract

This report represents one of six site-specific reports from a national multi-site study conducted by the Center for Court Innovation in collaboration with the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention within the U.S. Department of Justice, the study aimed to gain a representative portrait of the lives and needs of youth who are involved in exchanging sex for money, food, housing, drugs, or other goods. To complement the quantitative focus of the national multi-site report, this report and the five other site-specific reports endeavor to provide a rich qualitative account that reveals and gives voice to the experiences, perceptions, and needs of the relevant population. The Atlantic City researchers recruited 119 youth, from which they analyzed data from only those participants who were under age 25 (n=98).

Availability details

Available for free download on the Center for Court Innovation website at: https://www.innovatingjustice.org/publications/experiences-youth-sex-tr…

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