Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking: Practice Implications for Mental Health Professionals

Affilia - Journal of Women and Social Work

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-18

  Hardy, Veronica L ^a   Compton, Kevin D ^b   McPhatter, Veronica S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT PEMBROKE   (United States)

^b LIBERTY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

commercial sex exploitation; human trafficking; trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875337554     PISSN: 08861099     EISSN: 15523020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886109912475172     Document Type: Article

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