The National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction

Online Requests for Sexual Pictures from Youth: Risk factors and Incident Characteristics.Mitchell, K. J., Finkelhor, D., and Wolak, J.Journal of Adolescent Health, 41, pp. 196-203, 2007.Abstract: Purpose: The aim of this study was to explore the prevalence and characteristics ofyouth who receive requests to make and send sexual pictures of themselves over the Internet.Methods: Data were collected as part of the Second Youth Internet Safety Survey, a nationallyrepresentative telephone survey of 1,500 youth Internet users, ages 10–17 years, in the UnitedStates. Results: Among Internet-using youth 4% reported an online request to send a sexualpicture of themselves during the previous year. Only one youth of 65 sample case subjectsactually complied. Being female, being of Black ethnicity, having a close online relationship,engaging in sexual behavior online, and experiencing physical or sexual abuse offline were riskfactors for receiving a request for a sexual picture. Incidents that involved requests for sexualpictures were more likely to occur when youth were in the presence of friends, communicatingwith an adult, someone they met online, who had sent a sexual picture to the youth, and whoattempted or made some form of offline contact with the youth.Assisting Children Born of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse.Rumble, Lauren; Mehta, Swati B.Forced Migration Review, Mar2007, Issue 27, pp. 20-21, 1 color.Abstract The article deals with the strategy issued by the United Nations (UN) Secretary-Generalto support victims of sexual exploitation and abuse by UN staff. The strategy includes acontroversial proposal to introduce DNA sampling for all UN staff. A Task Force on Protectionfrom Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Humanitarian Crises was established by the Inter-AgencyStanding Committee and a report was published setting out the principles of a code of conductfor humanitarian workers.Factors Vitiating Against the Effectiveness of the Nigeria Police in Combating the CriminalExploitation of Children and Women.Elechi, O. O.; Okosun, T. Y.; Ngwe, J. E.African Journal of Criminology and Justice Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 1-49, 2007.Abstract: This article examines the challenges facing Nigeria's law enforcement in the effort tolimit criminal exploitation of children and women. Nigeria is considered a major source anddestination for the trafficking of persons for the purposes of sexual work, adoption, labor, andsale of body parts. The present article argues that several factors lead to limited effectiveness forthe Nigeria police. These factors include inadequate policing, corruption, deprivation offreedoms, social injustices, few social opportunities, conflicting social values, gender imbalancein education and work, and weak social institutions. In order to address this complex problem,global and local combating strategies are discussed. At the international level, there should beimprovements in framework and knowledge regarding trafficking. Locally, the six primaryissues that must be addressed are corruption, inadequate social control, poverty, genderinequality, the plight of globalization, and labor opportunities. Short-term goals should focus oneducation about the problem of trafficking, whereas long-term policy must address thefundamental social and economic conditions that permit trafficking to occur.The Health and Well-Being of Neglected, Abused and Exploited Children: The Kyiv StreetChildren Project.F-55