{"product_id":"sex-trafficking-and-commercial-sexual-exploitation-prevention-advocacy-and-trauma-informed-practice-9780826149749","title":"Sex Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation: Prevention, Advocacy, and Trauma-Informed Practice","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the first comprehensive text to critically analyze the current research and best practices for working with children, adolescents, and adults involved in sex trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation (CSE). With a unique, research-based focus on practice, the book synthesizes the key areas related to working with victims of sex trafficking\/CSE including prevention, identification, practice techniques, and program design as well as suggested interagency, criminal justice, and legislative responses. Best practices are examined through an intersectional, trauma-informed lens that adheres to principles of cultural competency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHighlights include: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntegrates a trauma-informed lens in practice, program design, and interagency responses.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUses an intersectional approach to examine identity-based oppression such as race, class, sex, LGBTQ identities, age, immigration status, and intellectual disabilities.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHighlights the importance of cultural competency in practice and program design, prevention and outreach efforts, and interagency and criminal justice system responses.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReviews the different types of sex trafficking and CSE, the physiological and psychological effects, various risk factors, and the distinct needs of survivors to encourage practitioners to tailor interventions to the specific needs of each client.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExamines the role of social workers and practitioners in interagency, legislative, and criminal justice responses to sex trafficking.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTakes a broad societal perspective by examining the role of macro-level risk factors facilitating sex trafficking victimization.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book analyzes the commonly reported indicators of sex trafficking\/CSE, how to conduct a screening with potential victims, and direct practice techniques with various populations including evidence-based trauma treatments. Other chapters guide the reader in implementing trauma-informed programming in a variety of organizational settings, advocating for sex trafficking and CSE survivors within the criminal justice system, and implementing effective prevention and outreach programs in schools and community organizations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntended as a text for upper-division courses on sex or human trafficking, interventions with women, trauma interventions, violence against women, or gender and crime taught in social work, psychology, counseling, and criminal justice, this book is also an ideal resource for practitioners working with victims of sex trafficking and CSE in a variety of settings including child protective services, the criminal justice system, health care, schools, and more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lara Gerassi, Andrea J. Nichols\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Springer Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/19\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.56w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826149749\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLara B. Gerassi, Ph.D., LCSW\u003c\/strong\u003e is an assistant professor at the School of Social Work and an affiliate of the Department of Gender and Women's Studies at the University of Wisconsin- Madison. She earned her Ph.D. from the Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis, where she was a National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) TranSTAR T32 pre-doctoral fellow. She is the author of numerous publications and book chapters focusing on sex trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation and has presented her work at national conferences including the Society for Social Work Research and Council on Social Work Education.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Springer Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40495482142835,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":77.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_f8f5ec88-1553-4a90-913e-74a7e8af9a88.jpg?v=1665061622","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/sex-trafficking-and-commercial-sexual-exploitation-prevention-advocacy-and-trauma-informed-practice-9780826149749","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}