Description
Since 2020, the U.S. Department of Education has conducted a webinar series to address child and youth trafficking in America’s schools. The series draws attention to the important efforts underway in our nation’s education community to address both sex and labor trafficking.
On behalf of the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Office of Safe and Supportive Schools, the National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE) invites you to join the next webinar in this series, Forced Criminality in Human Trafficking: Identifying and Intervening to Support Students.
Date: Wednesday, April 19, 2023
Time: 3:00 – 4:30 pm EDT
Many people who have experienced human trafficking report they were forced into criminal activity by their trafficker and arrested for crimes they committed while under their trafficker’s control. Being forced into criminal activity adds complexity to the trauma of being trafficked and is an issue gaining attention in research. This webinar described what forced criminality is, why and how traffickers force victims to engage in criminal behavior, and the lasting impact that being pushed into criminal behavior can have on young people and their future selves. Our panelists shared ways to identify students whose criminal involvement might mask trafficking circumstances, laws that can protect young people forced into criminal behavior, and ways to support students who experience the dual trauma of human trafficking and forced criminality.
Speakers
- Jane Anderson, Senior Attorney Advisor, AEquitas, CA
- Dr. Amy Farrell, Director and Professor, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Northeastern University, MA
- Hazel Fasthorse, Human Trafficking Specialist and Victims Liaison, Polaris
- Erin Marsh, Research and Policy Manager, Polaris
- Sirica McIntosh, Staff Attorney, The Legal Aid Society, Juvenile Rights Practice, NY
- Elizabeth Quiroz, Co-Founder, Redemption House of the Bay Area, Person with Lived Experience, CA
- Kaitlyn Zedalis, Project Coordinator, Covenant House Action & Research Tank (CHART), Covenant House, NJ
Webinar Materials
Related Resources
- National Survivor Network (2016). Impact of Criminal Arrest and Detention on Survivors of Human Trafficking
- Polaris (2019). State report cards: Grading criminal record relief laws for survivors of human trafficking
- Polaris (2023). In harm’s way: How systems fail human trafficking survivors
- CYSR – Supportive Adult.PDF: A supportive adult may be the difference in homeless youth not being trafficked
- CYSR – Screening for human trafficking among homeless young adults
- Quick Youth Indicators for Trafficking tool graphic
- 2 minute video about QYIT
- Video about CHNJ
- Covenant House New Jersey Shelter Services
- CHART Website
- Covenant House NJ Website
- OVC training and technical assistance
- OVC survival engagement training and technical assistance email: SurvivorEngagementTTA@icf.com
- OVC Human trafficking taskforce e-guide
- Development and operations roadmap
- IACPlearn
- Human Trafficking Victim Services Brochure
Please contact NCSSLE if you have any questions. We look forward to sharing this information with you and hearing about the important work you are doing in your schools, communities, and states to meet the needs of students and staff.
More Information
Please contact NCSSLE if you have any questions. We look forward to sharing this information with you and hearing about the important work you are doing in your schools, communities, and states to meet the needs of students and staff.
For more information and resources, visit the following webpages dedicated to human trafficking: ED’s Human Trafficking webpage; the U.S. Department of State’s Human Trafficking webpage; and the Administration for Children and Families’ Office of Trafficking Persons’ webpage.
To view previous webinars in this series, go here. To offer questions for consideration by the speakers on this webinar, email them to ncssle@air.org with “Webinar Question” in the subject line.