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Speaker: Dr Jenny
Pearce
Affiliation: Middlesex
University
Presentation Title: Meeting
the Challenge: Accessing Drug Using Young People Exploited through Prostitution
Abstract
This paper draws on recent research into issues facing
young people who experience problems with drug and alcohol use and who
also talk of either swapping or selling sex as a means of supporting their
lifestyle. It looks at the reasons that young people become vulnerable
to sexual exploitation through abuse of drugs and alcohol, exploring the
interrelationship between dependence on drugs, alcohol and violent, manipulative
adults who use young people for their own gain. The paper concludes by
drawing on initiatives in policy and practice that can support young people
while gathering evidence against those who abuse them.
