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Shattered Hearts (Summary Report): The Commercial Sexual Exploitation Of American Indian Women And Girls In Minnesota., Alexandra (Sandi) Pierce
Shattered Hearts (Summary Report): The Commercial Sexual Exploitation Of American Indian Women And Girls In Minnesota., Alexandra (Sandi) Pierce
Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Human Trafficking: 1st (2009)
Table of Contents
Background 1
Definitions and terms 2
The context 5
Prevalence 8
Patterns in entering the sex trade 10
Age of entry 10
Modes of entry 11
Factors that facilitate entry 17
Generational trauma 17
Runaway, thrown away, and/or homeless 17
Repeated exposure to abuse, exploitation, and violence 20
Addiction 25
Failure to finish high school 27
Mental and emotional vulnerability 28
Barriers to exiting the sex trade 29
Limited access to emergency and supportive housing 29
Absence of other options for self-sufficiency 30
Distrust of law enforcement 29
Child protection policies 30
Limited resources for support and …
Shattered Hearts (Full Report): The Commercial Sexual Exploitation Of American Indian Women And Girls In Minnesota., Alexandra (Sandi) Pierce
Shattered Hearts (Full Report): The Commercial Sexual Exploitation Of American Indian Women And Girls In Minnesota., Alexandra (Sandi) Pierce
Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Human Trafficking: 1st (2009)
Table of contents
Acknowledgements iii
Background 1
Organization of the report 3
I The context 4
Native women’s experiences during colonization 5
Native women’s experiences during national expansion 7
Native girls’ boarding school experiences 8
Impact of assimilation policies on Native women 10
The damage caused by life in prostitution 14
II Methods and definitions 16
III Prevalence 28
Involvement in prostitution 28
Involvement in the Internet sex trade 35
IV Patterns in entering the sex trade 36
Age of entry 36
Modes of entry 39
V Factors that facilitate entry 53
Generational trauma 53
Runaway, thrown away, and/or homeless …