Teaching decision-making and building resilience in youth – A case study to reduce the supply of vulnerable youth to sex traffickers in Atlanta, Georgia

Kendra C. Taylor

European Journal of Operational Research, 2018, vol. 268, issue 3, 960-970

Abstract: We consider a pilot of the iSeeMe Society, a program designed to be a community-based intervention tool to reduce the supply of vulnerable youth induced to participate in the market for the sex trafficking of children in Atlanta, Georgia. The iSeeMe Society engages adults in the community to empower youth to make better life decisions based on the man or woman they hope to become. We discuss the relationship between youth decision-making skills and the prevention of child sexual exploitation and identify recommendations for a full implementation of the program.

Keywords: (D) Community operational research; Youth; Decision-making; Resilience; Trafficking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2017.11.067

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