Date of Award
6-2017
Document Type
Project
Degree Name
Master of Social Work
Department
School of Social Work
First Reader/Committee Chair
McCaslin, Rosemary, Ph.D
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to explore methods of how to better identify victims of Domestic Minor Sexual Traffic (DMST). Human trafficking sill exist in modern society, due to the volume of underground sexual solicitation; it has become more difficult to identify victims of sexual exploitation in vulnerable youth population. The research study conducted obtained different perspectives of social workers within various human services agencies. The agencies. The research study also collected date with a via-email survey. The measures that were utilized were knowledge of sexual trafficking victim's characteristics, perceptions, beliefs, and competence. Data was analyzed by using the SPSS Software to analyze data, provide a descriptive statistic by utilizing level of comfort chart. Table 1 (see appendix D), identified 21% of females, and 14% of males. The result showed that social workers had an understanding and the knowledge of sexual trafficked victims, but their comfort level had a significant difference where it was reported that they felt the need to have further training in regards to DMST victims, it was inconsistent whether social workers prevent from identifying DMST victims due to their own perceptions.
Recommended Citation
Dimas, Ada E., "WHAT ARE THE FACTORS THAT PREVENT SOCIAL WORKERS FROM IDENTIFYING DOMESTIC MINOR SEXUAL TRAFFIC VICTIMS" (2017). Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations. 496.
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/496