When Parents are Pimps
Jeanne L. Allert, MEd, MACM | September 23 | 1:45-2:45 PM
Topic: Conceptual | Knowledge Level: Intermediate
This session will lay the foundation for understanding familial sex trafficking or when a child is commercially sexually exploited by an immediate family member. The session will explore how familial trafficking relates to but is distinct from incest and briefly how laws help or hurt our identification of this type of trafficking. The presenter will summarize the limited body of knowledge we have on the profile of victim and perpetrator(s) and explore the relational dynamics between the child and familial trafficker, pre-, peri, and post-trafficking. The session organizes around the justice processes of case identification, investigation, prosecution, and victim services, understanding how this type of trafficking presents unique challenges in each of those areas. This presentation is based on the work of Sprang & Cole (2018); Reid, Huard, & Haskell (2015); and a research study conducted by the presenter to be published in Criminal Justice Review in 2021.
Presentation Objectives:
· Define familial trafficking and help attendees understand how it relates to but is different from incest
· Give attendees a general understanding of the prevalence of familial trafficking
· Give attendees a basic knowledge of the profile of the victim and perpetrators of familial trafficking