A Girl's Path to Prostitution
eBook - PDF

A Girl's Path to Prostitution

Linking Caregiver Adversity of Child Susceptibility

  1. English
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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

A Girl's Path to Prostitution

Linking Caregiver Adversity of Child Susceptibility

About this book

Although the Trafficking Victims Protection Act defined girls exploited in prostitution as child sex trafficking victims, these youth are often misidentified and marginalized. Due to victim inaccessibility, emergent research regarding the problem lacks theoretical framing or sufficient data for quantitative analysis. This study assesses an intergenerational path from caregiver adversity to child exploitation in prostitution drawn from Agnew's general strain theory using structural equation modeling. Findings supported the hypotheses, revealing that highly stressed mothers were more likely to abuse their daughters. Consequently, maltreated girls more commonly attempted escape by running away, used substances earlier, and reported higher sexual denigration toward self and others. These behavioral and psychological problems heightened vulnerability to exploitation in prostitution.

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