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A Push for Momentum: Florida's Avenue to Advocacy Against Child Sexual Exploitation
University of West Florida Libraries
Summer Undergraduate Research Program (University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, 08/2023)
10/14/2023
Abstract
For more than a decade, Florida has ranked among the top 3 states in America for the highest level of Human Trafficking cases reported. Although protective state laws have been implemented, there are necessary further steps in which the state of Florida could further prevent and protect against commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) crimes.</br> In addition to critiquing the current legislative measures taken to protect victims of child sexual exploitation, several solutions gathered from national leaders in the efforts against human trafficking were also identified in this research. The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000 was the fundamental act that has been used as a frame of reference for the federal course of action on the campaign against both international and domestic human trafficking. Despite several revisions and seven reauthorizations since its declaration, the TVPA does not address all concerns about the issue of domestic trafficking in the state. </br>Since the COVID-19 Pandemic, as represented by the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ 2022 report on Human Trafficking Data Collection Activities, there was an 84% increase in the number of persons prosecuted for human trafficking from 729 in 2011 to 1,343 in 2020. This post-pandemic online trafficking crisis must be addressed to fully minimize the scope of sexual exploitation.
Details
- Title
- A Push for Momentum
- Resource Type
- Poster
- Event
- Summer Undergraduate Research Program (University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, 08/2023)
- Contributors
- Jennifer Brinkley (Faculty Mentor)
- Publisher
- University of West Florida Libraries; Argo Scholar Commons
- Format
- pdf
- Copyright
- Permission granted to the University of West Florida Libraries to digitize and/or display this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires the permission of the copyright holder.
- Identifiers
- 99380472468206600
- Academic Unit
- Summer Undergraduate Research Program 2023; College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities; Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
- Language
- English