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Resources
ECPAT International. Towards a Global Indicator on Unidentified Victims in Child Sexual Exploitation Material: Summary Report. 2018.
International Organization of Migration Counter-Trafficking Data Collaborative (CTDC). Family Members Are Involved in Nearly Half of Child Trafficking Cases. 2017.
Henderson, Margaret F. Human Trafficking by Families. NC School of Government Public Management Bulletin no. 24, 2023.
Macias-Konstantopoulos, Wendy, et. al. "The Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Minors in the Boston Metropolitan Area: Experiences and Challenges Faced by Front-Line Providers and Other Stakeholders," Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk: Vol. 6: Iss. 1, Article 4. (2015) DOI: https://doi.org/10.58464/2155-5834.1242.
Salter, Michael. Organised Sexual Abuse. Routledge, 2013.
Salter, Michael. “Malignant trauma and the invisibility of ritual abuse,” Attachment: New Directions in Psychotherapy and Relational Psychoanalysis, 13, no 1, (2019): 15-30.
Salter, Michael. and Dagistanli, S. Cultures of abuse: ‘Sex grooming’, organised abuse and race in Rochdale, UK, International Journal of Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 4, no 2, (2015): 50-64.
Seigel, Daniel, and Tina Payne Bryson. The Whole-Brain Child. Bantam, 2012.
Shared Hope International. Familial Trafficking Warning Signs. 2020.
United States Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. “No One Can Hurt You Like Family: What We Know About Familial Trafficking Identification and Response,” Community Policing Dispatch, 17, no 1 (2024).
United States Department of State, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. Navigating the Unique Complexities in Familial Trafficking. 2025.
Shared Hope International. Familial Trafficking Warning Signs. 2020.