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Child Prostitution - CSEC

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Overview:: This website provides numerous resources about child prostitution from the early 2000s. The CP website consists of country-by-country reports of CSEC, the commercial sexual exploitation of children, suitable for use in research and education. Teacher resources (e.g. lesson plans, essay questions, debate topics, etc.) are provided.
Type of Material:: Reference material.
Recommended Uses:: Instructors can access lesson plans, discussion questions, debate topic, anedotes, graphics/images, and lecture resources. Students can access resources for term papers on specific topics. The site could be incorporated into a guided internet assignment for students.
Technical Requirements:: None.
Identify Major Learning Goals:: This site offers information about child human trafficking and exploitation. The goal for the website is to provide educational resources to raise awareness of these issues. It offers an opportunity to explore the topic globally with easy links to resources for each country.
Target Student Population:: College General Education and upper level undergratuates.
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:: The ability to locate more updated resources to pair with the resources linked on this website.

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Strengths:: The variety of resources is impressive and provide data by country and issue.
Concerns:: The website should be updated. The most recent resource was from 2013 (that I located). It is unclear why some resources are highlighted as a featured article while others are archived.

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Strengths:: Whenever we can engage a student's emotions, the learning will be more effective. Human trafficking and exploitation of children produces an emotional connection with the material. It can be used to discuss a number of sociological theories related to crime/deviance, inequality, stratification, global economy/polity, etc. The site also offers suggestions for those interested in taking action. It provides a host of resources on the topic of child prostitution. There is also a page for instructors that provides discussion questions.
Concerns:: The website is not actively being updated.

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Strengths:: It was easy to locate information by country or topic, teaching and student resources. It is easy to use and very in-depth.
Concerns:: Needs to be updated.

Other Issues and Comments:: If the material is an app, how does the material respect privacy of others, meet PG rating standards, how frequently it's updated.
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