MICHIGAN WOMEN’S FOUNDATION RELEASES INDEPENDENT RESEARCH FINDINGS QUANTIFYING INCREASES IN THE COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION O
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MICHIGAN WOMEN’S FOUNDATION RELEASES INDEPENDENT RESEARCH FINDINGS QUANTIFYING INCREASES IN THE COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF YOUNG GIRLS
141 were CSEC victims on a typical night in Michigan via escort services and website postings …
DETROIT (August 19, 2010) – The number of young girls victimized by the commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) is trending upward in Michigan, according to new research released today by Michigan Women’s Foundation in partnership with Women’s Funding Network.
The May 2010 tracking study, conducted by The Schapiro Group, an independent, third-party research firm tapped by Women’s Funding Network, identified noticeable increases in the availability of young girls commercially exploited in Michigan.
The May study included the most popular outlets for domestic commercial exploitation: the Internet and escort services. In Michigan:
- 141 young girls were victims of CSEC – up from 117 in February 2010 (20.5% increase) - The percentage of Michigan escort services offering “full service” (industry code for sex) as well as the percentage offering “young” females is consistent with other states during the current study period – but previously was comparatively quite low - Michigan Internet classifieds websites had the highest percentage of “young” females of any of the states in the study, which also included New York and Minnesota - Monthly domestic trafficking of adolescent girls in Michigan is more pervasive than the annual number of females under age 25 killed in car accidents in one year – 106; and the annual number of females under age 25 who committed suicide in one year – 31
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