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Running head: HOMEWORK 1

Module 1 Homework Assignment

Andrew Uhlenkamp
Allied American University

Author Note
This paper was prepared for Senior Capstone, Module 1 Homework Assignment taught
by Daniel Chauvin.

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CRJ 499: Senior Capstone

Module 1 Homework Assignment
Directions: Before submitting your final topic, please confer with your faculty advisor about
your choice and/or options for a topic and get his or her input. The sooner you submit your topic
to your advisor, the sooner you can start doing your research on the topic.
Please submit the following:

The title of your topic. Your title should be specific and relevant to your field of study.

One to two paragraphs describing the topic and the rationale for choosing the topic. Each
paragraph should be 5-7 sentences in length and follow the rules of grammar. You should
utilize the 4W 1H method when discussing your topic (Who, What, When, Where, and
How).

Preliminary list of 10-15 resources (include only titles and URLs). Make sure your
resources are relevant and related to the topic. Do not use web search engines that are not
considered reliable (for example: Wikipedia).

For my senior capstone project, I propose the title, Preventing, Treating, and Responding to
Juvenile Sex Trafficking. Human trafficking seems to have once been thought of as a foreign
problem, particularly troublesome in the third world. As a concept in the United States,
prostitution has almost always been considered a seemingly victimless crime of vice. As sex
has come in more demand with the globalization of the economy and crime along with it, human
trafficking, especially the trafficking of minors, has become more and more prevalent. Now it is
being seen domestically, with children, particularly vulnerable teenagers, being sought out and
preyed upon by manipulative traffickers with a cunning and comprehensive understanding of
how to effectively conduct a sex trafficking ring.
Despite its rising prevalence in suburbs and urban environments, it is still thought to be a

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crime that wont happen to me, or cant happen to my child. Awareness is the easiest method
with which to begin to combat this criminal enterprise. As public knowledge is spread about this
type of crime, citizens will become more and more watchful for conditions that might indicate
that a young person might be a sex trafficking victim. Beyond simply increasing awareness,
further efforts insist that sex trafficking victims cannot be treated by the justice system as
common prostitutes or sex workers. Especially where victims are underage, or have been
indoctrinated into the industry from a young age, care ought to be taken to provide aid and
rehabilitation to these victims, and a community-based effort must be utilized to prevent it from
continuing. As long as society allows it to happen, and there is a demand for underage sex, sex
trafficking will continue to prosper.
ResourcesHuman Trafficking in the Heartland: Variation in Law Enforcement Awareness and Response
http://www.udec.edu.mx/BibliotecaInvestigacion/Documentos/2009/Septiembre/Der%20Human
%20Trafficking%20in%20the%20Heartland%20Variation%20in%20Law%20Enforcement
%20Awareness%20and%20Response.pdf
Law Enforcement Response to Human Trafficking and the Implications for Victims: Current
Practices and Lessons Learned
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/216547.pdf
The Health Risks and Consequences of Trafficking in Women and Adolescents- Findings from a
European Study
http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/php/ghd/docs/traffickingfinal.pdf
Human Trafficking: Implications for Adolescent Health Outcomes
https://public.health.oregon.gov/HealthyPeopleFamilies/ReproductiveSexualHealth/Documents/e
dmat/trafficking.pdf
Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking in the United States
http://search.proquest.com/docview/193904157?accountid=141600

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Walking the Freedom Trail: An Analysis of the Massachusetts Human Trafficking Statute and its
Potential to Combat Child Sex Trafficking
http://search.proquest.com/docview/1459330030?accountid=141600
Human Sex Trafficking: Recognition, Treatment, and Referral of Pediatric Victims
http://search.proquest.com/docview/1708154532?accountid=141600
Hidden in Plain Sight: Human Trafficking in the United States
http://search.proquest.com/docview/856587758?accountid=141600
Responding to the Sexual Exploitation of Minors
http://search.proquest.com/docview/1512608064?accountid=141600