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The Commercial Sexual
Exploitation of Children
What It Is & How Your Community Can Combat It
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“Teen
Prostitution”
Commercial Sexual
Exploitation of
Children
vs.
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International Boulevard:
A Documentary about CSEC
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WHAT IS COMMERCIAL
SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF
CHILDREN (CSEC)?
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Types of Commercial
Sexual Exploitation
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Language, Myths, &
Misconceptions
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CSEC in the United States
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CSEC in Alameda County
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CSEC in Alameda County
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Prosecuting Human Traffickers
in Alameda County
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Prosecuting Human Traffickers
in Alameda County
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Routes of Domestic Sex
Trafficking in the U.S.
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Addressing Demand
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PATHWAYS AND
PRECURSORS TO CSEC
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Children at Risk for
Recruitment into CSEC:
• Are under 18 years old.
• Walk alone to school or
the store.
• Own or have access to
the computer.
• Are attracted to
consumer goods.
• Desire to develop
romantic relationships.
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Sometimes feel insecure.
Feel misunderstood.
Fight with their parents.
Sometimes feel their
parents don’t care.
• Want more
independence.
• Test boundaries and
takes risks.
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Who is at Risk for
Recruitment into CSEC?
All Children
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Risk Factors
• Individual
– Events in, or characteristics of, an individual’s life
• Environmental
– Come from a child’s neighborhood or
community
• Social
– The foundation set up in our culture that makes
CSEC possible or ways in which our society
promotes or perpetuates sexual exploitation
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Ways a Child Can Get
Recruited
• Parents selling
children
• Violence and force
• Kidnapping
• Seduction and
coercion
• Peer recruitment
• False advertising for
“modeling”, “acting”,
“dancing”
opportunities
• Inter5net enticement
through chat rooms
or profile-sharing
sites
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“The Making of a Girl”
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UNDERSTANDING “THE
GAME” OF CSEC
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“The game has changed,
its not like in my day…
These youngsters got no
respect for the game…
Beat they hos, fight each
other….Not like back in
my day.”
-Filmore Slim also known as “The
Pope of Pimping”
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The Fundamentals of
“the Game”
Players
• Bottom Girl
• Daddy/Boyfriend/
Gorilla/Romeo Pimp
• B*$@#/Ho
• Trick/Date
• Family/Stable
• Renegade
Where it Happens
• Track/Stroll & Circuit
Language
• Broke/Breaking In
• Out of Pocket
• Choosing Up
• Serving Papers
Techniques on the Track
• Drop off/pickup
• Electronic leash
• Spotting
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Playing by the Rules
• Rules & Practices
• Pimpology: The 48 Laws of the
Game” by Pimping Ken
– Sold out on Amazon
• Some examples:
– Don’t chase ‘em, replace ‘em
– Prey on the weak
– Ain’t no love in this shit
– Get into a Ho’s head
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HOW DO WE COMBAT CSEC?
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Coordinated Response
Health
Services
Law
Enforcement
Advocacy
Services
Community
Services
Probation
Juvenile
Court
Social
Services
District
Attorney
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Alameda County DA’s
5-Point Strategy to Combat CSEC
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Community Outreach & Education
Law Enforcement Training and Intel. Sharing
Prosecuting Traffickers
Engaging Policymakers
Coordinating CSEC Services and Stabilization
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Don’t Stay Silent. Spread
Awareness about CSEC.
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Thank You!
Human Exploitation & National Human
Trafficking
Trafficking Resource
(H.E.A.T.) Watch
Center & Hotline:
-Main Website:
1-888-3737-888
www.heat-watch.org
or text BeFree
-Online Toolkit:
Toolkit.heat-watch.org
-Facebook.com/
AlamedaCountyDAHEAT
-Twitter.com/HEATWatch
-Email: [email protected]
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