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 The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in New York City: A Population Assesment and Participatory Project Evaluation
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              This awardee has received supplemental funding. This award detail page includes information about both the original award and supplemental awards.
Award Information
Awardee
              Fund For The City of New York
Award #
              2005-LX-FX-0001
Funding Category
              Competitive
Location
                    New York, NY
Congressional District
              10
Status
              Closed
Funding First Awarded
              2005
Total funding (to date)
              $520,000
Original Solicitation
              Evaluation of OJJDP's Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2005, $500,000)
The Center for Court Innovation and John Jay College of Criminal Justice will conduct a population assessment and formative evaluation to provide information and a model to respond effectively to the commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC). The goals of the research are to: (1) develop a better understanding of the CSEC population, (2) assist the Coalition to Address the Sexual Exploitation of Children (CASEC) in assessing, monitoring and improving capacity and performance, and (3) institutionalizing and disseminating lessons and best practices. 

The applicant will conduct a multi-method study that will estimate the size, characteristics and needs of the CSEC population through the use of respondent-driven sampling, Geographical Information System technology, and direct observation in the field. Two hundred youth who engage in child prostitution will be recruited and interviewed over a 9-month period.

The applicant will use action-research methods to conduct a formative evaluation of the New York City CSEC demonstration program. Action-research methods will be used to engage the CASEC collaboration partners in establishing criteria and systems for ongoing self-evaluation and improvement.  The applicant will work closely with the CASEC to document the program's implementation and operational processes, and to identify, define, disseminate, and institutionalize best practices.  This will include review of program documentation; interviews with staff, partners, and the CASEC residential clients; assessment of data and information-sharing needs; identification of performance measures; and establishment of mechanisms for feedback on performance to the program.
Supplemental Award 1 (Fiscal Year 2007, $20,000)
This describes the continuation of CCI/John Jay ethnographic study of CSEC youth.  The funding will be used to transcribe the verbal open ended reports of the youth so that they can be qualitatively analyzed and a report generated. nca/ncf


  
Grant-Funded Publications
        
                      Agency and Social Constraint Among Victims of Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking: A Method for Measuring Free Will
                  Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in New York City, Executive Summary
                  Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in New York City, Volume One: The CSEC Population in New York City: Size, Characteristics, and Needs
                  Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in New York City, Volume Two: Formative Evaluation: The New York City Demonstration




  
Grant-Funded Datasets
        
                      http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34657.v1

  
Date Created: September 20, 2005
    
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