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Direct Intervention
The Paul & Lisa Program, Inc. is developing a Direct Intervention
Program in Connecticut to better detect and prevent commercial sexual
exploitation in Connecticut and to provide intervention services
to individuals involved in commercial sexual exploitation. The Direct
Intervention staff will work to reach individuals who are working
on the streets and will empower these individuals to break away
from the dangerous and unwanted lifestyle in which they are trapped.
The Direct Intervention Program consists of Outreach, Case Management
Services, and Forensic Services.
Outreach is conducted to provide community education, research,
and services and to develop an evidence based instrument to measure
outcomes and future needs of victims of sexual exploitation and
trafficking. Outreach will offer safer and healthier alternatives
to women and children on the streets of a particular community who
are being or have been sexually exploited.
Case Management Services provides individuals with referrals to
appropriate agencies and Forensic Services will be offered to individuals
who are involved in the judicial system.
Statistics
• Over 92,000 men, women, and juveniles are arrested yearly
for prostitution (FBI, 2000).
• 14- average age of entry into prostitution
(National Center for Missing and Exploited Children)
• 85% - percentage of individuals involved in prostitution
reporting childhood sexual abuse (Prostitution Research and Education)
• 300,000- number of youth involved in some form of commercial
sexual exploitation in the United States
University of Pennsylvania
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