The following survey is for justice professionals who identify, investigate, prosecute, defend, and/or secure services for minor victims of family-facilitated sexual exploitation and trafficking. Its purpose is to explore prevalence and challenges associated with familial sex trafficking cases across the United States.  All responses are confidential. No identifying case information will be requested. No personal identifiers will be recorded in the final report. Agency names will only be used with consent.

This survey will ask questions about the trafficking cases you have handled in the past three years (2018 to the present) where the perpetrators were related parties to the victims. It may be helpful for you to have access to your case history in order to answer these questions.

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* 1. In what state or U.S. territory is your agency located?

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* 2. What is the reach of the cases you handle?

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* 3. What is your agency affiliation?

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* 4. What is your role with victims of sexual exploitation/trafficking?

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* 5. What is the demographic of victim that you serve? (check all that apply)

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* 6. How many years have you have been handling (any type of ) cases of sexual exploitation/trafficking?

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* 7. How many individual cases of sex trafficking (in any form) have you worked on in the past 3 years (2018 to the present)?

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* 8. How many individual cases of familial trafficking have you worked on in the past 3 years (2018 to the present)?  Note: future questions in this survey will be based on this number.

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* 9. Of the number of cases you noted in #7, how many individual minor victims does that represent? (For example, if you handled a case with 4 minor victims, count 1 in Question 7 and count 4 in this response): Note: future questions in this survey will be based on this number.

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* 10. How many minor victims (from your response in Question #8) fall into the following age categories? (enter number of victims for each age range)

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* 11. How many minor victims (from your response in Question #8) fall into the following genders? (enter number of victims for each option)

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* 12. Of those cases on which you worked, what was the relationship of the perpetrator to the minor? Indicate number of cases for each:

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* 13. There are many ways a minor may be trafficked. From the possible methods listed, please indicate how often you have had cases where these actions took place.

  All of the cases (100%) Most of the cases (avg  75%) Some of the cases (avg 50%) a Few of the cases (avg 25%) None of the cases
The minor was exchanged for sex acts among family members only
Sex acts with the minor were exchanged for cash
Sex acts with the minor were exchanged for material goods or services (e.g., rent)
Sex acts with the minor were exchanged for drugs
Sex acts with the minor were exchanged for protection, security, or group affiliation (e.g., gang)
The minor was sold for sex acts to facilitate the manufacture of pornography
The minor and parent were a sold for sex acts as a “package”
The minor was forced to work at a strip club or other exploitative venue
The minor was not sold for sex, but for torture, rituals, or other forms of abuse.

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* 14. If you encountered a method of familial trafficking that was not mentioned above, please describe those actions here:

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* 15. There may be aggravating factors in familial trafficking cases. Of the following possibilities, please indicate how often each has presented in the cases on which you have worked.

  All of the cases (100%) Most of the cases (avg 75%) Some of the cases (avg 50%) a Few of the cases (avg 25%) None of the cases
Absent or nonexistent father
Acute poverty
Gang affiliation
Generational prostitution
Incarcerated family member(s)
Instability in housing (periods of homelessness, frequent relocation, etc.)
Other criminal activity in the family
Pornography present in the home
Single parent household
Substance use/Addiction in the family
Suggestion or evidence of verbal, emotional, spiritual abuse
Suggestion or evidence of other forms of childhood sexual abuse
Suggestion or evidence of neglect (lack of basic needs, etc.)
Suggestion or evidence of domestic violence

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* 16. Of the cases you have worked, where are the sex trafficking transactions taking place?

  All of the cases (100%) Most of the cases (avg 75%) Some of the cases (avg 50%) a Few of the cases (avg 25%) None of the cases
In the child's home with parent(s) present
In the child's home with parent(s) absent
In a vehicle
the child is transported to the buyer's location
the child is transported to a hotel/motel
the child is transported to other locations

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* 17. If there is a statute that you use in familial trafficking cases that differs from non-familial trafficking cases, please cite that statute here:

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* 18. How many of your cases of familial trafficking (based on your response to Question #7) ended in arrest of the familial perpetrator?

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* 19. How many of your cases of familial trafficking (based on your response to Question #7) ended in conviction of the familial perpetrator?

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* 20. Were you satisfied that justice was served in the cases that obtained convictions?

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* 21. If you believe justice was not served in cases on which you worked, describe what you believe went wrong:

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* 22. How many minor victims of familial trafficking (based on your response to Question #8) were returned to the home where the abuse occurred?

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* 23. How many minor victims of familial trafficking (based on your response to Question #8) were removed from the home and placed in a therapeutic program specific to victims of sexual exploitation?

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* 24. How many minor victims of familial trafficking (based on your response to Question #8) were removed from the home and placed in child protective services or foster care? 

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* 25. Rank order the following challenges with familial trafficking cases as you have experienced them. (1 = biggest challenge; 10 = lesser challenge or not experienced) 

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* 26. What has been the single most helpful resource to you when working familial trafficking cases? This can be a local agency, resources within your agency, a colleague, etc.

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* 27. What have you experienced as the most common impediments to identifying cases of familial trafficking? (If you are not in the role of identifying cases, skip this question)

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* 28. What have you experienced as the most common impediments to investigating cases of familial trafficking? (If you are not in the role of investigating cases, skip this question)

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* 29. What have you experienced as the most common impediments to prosecuting or defending cases of familial trafficking? (If you are not in the role of prosecuting  or defending cases, skip this question)

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* 30. What have you experienced as the most common impediments to securing services for victims in cases of familial trafficking? (If you are not in the role of securing services, skip this question)

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* 31. What did we fail to ask? What else is important for us to understand about domestic familial trafficking cases as you have encountered them?

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* 32. If you are willing to participate in a web-based interview to discuss your experiences with familial trafficking in greater detail, please provide your name, email address, agency name and state.  Participating in an interview will not affect the anonymity of your responses in this survey.  Please note that you will not be compensated for your time.

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* 33. If you would like a copy of this survey report emailed to you when it is published, please provide your email address here.  Again, providing your email will not affect the anonymity of your responses in this survey.

Thank you for your contribution to this important survey.  Your experiences and perspectives will help to inform future research, policy, and practices as together we shed a light on the heinous crime of domestic familial trafficking.

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