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Sex Trafficking: Best Practices to End Demand Introduction to Carr Center Online Conference Michael Shively, Abt Associates November 18, 2008 Model of Prostitution & Sex Trafficking Market Traffickers, pimps Distribution Consumers of

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Sex Trafficking: Best Practices to End Demand

Introduction to Carr Center Online Conference

November 18, 2008

Michael Shively, Abt Associates

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Model of Prostitution & Sex Trafficking Market

Source: Lederer, 2006

Supply Demand Distribution

Traffickers, pimps Consumers of Commercial Sex (“johns”) Providers of Commercial Sex

(prostitutes, victims of CSE)

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Demand: Men’s Motivations for Seeking Commercial Sex

Needy/Lonely Men

Intimacy (“girlfriend experience”).
Emotional support that they do not receive elsewhere.
Difficulty meeting women conventionally.
Feeling that women find them unattractive.

Emotionally Distant Men

Sex with little or no emotional involvement.
No time or desire for the responsibility of a conventional relationship.

Thrill Seekers

Unusual sex acts that most women are unwilling to engage in.
Excited by the illicit nature of prostitution.
Sex with women with a variety of physical traits.

Sociopaths/Misogynists

Less risky means of mimicking extreme or illegal fantasies, such as incest or rape.
Desire being “in control” or dominating women when having sex.
Harming/humiliating women.

Sources: Bernstein, 2001; Farley, 2007; Hoigard & Finstad, 1992; Lau et al., 2004; Lever & Dolnick, 2000; Mansson, 2006, McKegany & Barnard, 1994; Monto, 2000; Winick, 1962; Xantidis & McCabe, 2000

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U.S. Sites Pursuing Demand Reduction Strategies

* Evidence-based practice.

Demand Reduction Strategy Number of Sites Identified

Law Enforcement

Reverse stings (street operations)*

536 Reverse stings (Web-based)

100 Shaming: Names and/or photos publicized

300 Shaming: “Dear John” letters sent home

24 Auto seizure

73 Geographic restraining orders or zones

42 Community service

13 Surveillance cameras in active prostitution zones

5

Public Awareness/Education Campaigns

12

Neighborhood Programs Targeting Johns

15

John Education or Treatment Programs

John schools* (currently active)

43

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Next Steps in Demand Reduction Research & Technical Assistance

I. Leveraging what we already know
Training and technical assistance for practitioners.
Social marketing: inform public, like previous efforts against drunk

driving, child abuse, date rape.

White papers aimed at policymakers.
II. Learning more
Descriptive overviews of current “best practices.”
Evaluate the impact of each type of demand reduction approach.
Develop risk/needs assessment tools to screen arrested johns and