| dc.description.abstract | This seminar research paper investigated the need for trauma-informed treatment protocols among
law enforcement, victim advocates, and healthcare professionals to better ensure juvenile sex
trafficking victims are not revictimized and help guarantee proper treatment for sustained
recovery. During the research process of this paper, it was discovered that the lack of treatment
programs currently operating and deemed effective was compelling and cause for concern.
However, the various treatment programs examined in this paper significantly highlighted
tremendous promise in fulfilling the necessary assistance for sex-trafficked juveniles and their
trajectories of healing and recovery. Enhanced procedures and efforts must be encouraged to
develop and forge innovative and bolstered programs and endeavors across the country and in all
communities affected by juvenile sex trafficking crimes. Moreover, further criminological,
psychological, and medical research must be cultivated for a better understanding of the crime of
sex trafficking, the offenders, the impacts of tremendous trauma endured, and beneficial
interventions and treatment choices for the victims and survivors of juvenile sex trafficking. | |
