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Evaluating California’s efforts to address the commercial sexual exploitation of children
Evaluating California’s efforts to address the commercial sexual exploitation of children
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Urban Institute research report
- Author(s):
- Hammond, Ivy, author
Wiegmann, Wendy, author
Magruder, Joseph, author
Webster, Daniel (Of University Of California, Berkeley), author
Lery, Bridgette, author
Benatar, Sarah, author
Chambers, Jaclyn, author
Packard Tucker, Laura, author
Brewsaugh, Katrina, author
Loveless, Annelise, author
Norwitt, Jonah, author - Contributor(s):
- California Child Welfare Indicators Project, issuing body.
Urban Institute, issuing body. - Publication:
- Washington, DC : Urban Institute, July 2023
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Child Abuse, Sexual -- legislation & jurisprudence
Child Abuse, Sexual -- prevention & control
Child Protective Services
Health Equity
Health Policy
Program Evaluation
California
California. Department of Social Services - Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- The commercial sexual exploitation (CSE) of children and young people is a human rights concern and a public health challenge. CSE refers broadly to any activity or crime that involves the sexual abuse and exploitation of a child for monetary or nonmonetary benefit ranging from providing a phone or jewelry in exchange for a suggestive picture to coercive sex in exchange for money or a place to live. While information about CSE prevalence among young people in the United States is limited, research suggests that CSE during childhood can have serious consequences for its survivors, including exposure to violence and other traumatic events, mental health disorders, reproductive health complications, and internalized coping behaviors. Many states have decriminalized young people’s involvement in the commercial sex industry. CSE has been formally established as a type of child maltreatment, with child welfare agencies given the responsibility to investigate and intervene on behalf of young people experiencing CSE. Federal legislative changes over the past decade have prompted states, including California, to develop policies aimed at addressing commercial sexual exploitation of children and young people. In 2014, California’s Senate Bill (S. B.) 855 amended the state’s welfare codes to create the state’s Opt-In Commercially Sexually Exploited Child (CSEC) Program, which gives participating county child welfare agencies guidance and funding to prevent and intervene on behalf of children who are experiencing or at risk of CSE. Between July 1, 2015, and June 30, 2021, California’s child protection system received roughly 70,000 maltreatment reports alleging CSEC. About a quarter of these reports were substantiated, meaning there was enough evidence to conclude that CSE of a child likely occurred. The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) contracted with the California Child Welfare Indicators Project at the University of California, Berkeley (CCWIP) and the Urban Institute to conduct an implementation evaluation led by Urban and an outcome evaluation led by CCWIP and CDSS’s Research, Automation, and Data Division. This executive summary reports key findings, promising practices, and recommendations from our evaluation of the state’s CSEC program.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-DC license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (x, 85 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918697486206676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918697486206676