Sexual exploitation of a minor is a broad category of crimes with children as victims which includes crimes such as child prostitution, sex trafficking of minors, and child pornography.
Read Chapters 7 and 8 of Sexual Offenses and Offenders.
Select a specific type of crime to examine. PLEASE DO NOT SELECT SEXTING – as self-produced pornography, it does not lend itself to the parameters of this particular assignment and will result in SIGNIFICANT POINT DEDUCTIONS if you do use it as your paper topic.
Perform an Internet and library search for additional resources.
Address the following with regard to your selected topic.
Discuss at least two (2) factors that make a child more vulnerable to this type of exploitation? For example, why would an offender select this particular child v. some other child?
Provide at least two (2) strategies that could prevent this type of victimization from occurring.
Finally, describe at least two (2) strategies for reintegrating these victims back into the community. For example, what do we do with these child victims to help them move forward from the experience of exploitation?
Note: Papers need to focus on one specific type of crime (e.g., child prostitution, child sex trafficking, child pornography) rather than the e