National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

digital age after working together on various bullying prevention programs and collaborating on research pertaining to cyberbullying. The authors goal is to educate parents, teachers, and the community about the growing cyberbullying problem among children and adolescents. An additional goal of the authors is to empower adults, amongst our youth, to prevent bullying. Many adults, whether in the community or in the school environment, have found themselves in a situation of cyberbullying where they

Although slavery was abolished in 1865, the practice of it is still very alive today. Human trafficking, a form of modern slavery, is the buying and selling of people, whether it 's for forced labor or commercial sex. Every year, thousands of adults and children, especially girls, are forced into the endless trafficking ring. “The International Labour Organization estimates that there are 20.9 million victims of human trafficking globally” (“The Facts”). The human trafficking industry is a worldwide network

their children. This way their parents will know their every move, which will help the response time in kidnappings. This is because it could be potentially related to trafficking. This policy outcome is optional not mandated because it is unethical, however a way to keep children safer. According to the United States Justice Department, it estimates that 300,000 American youth are currently at risk for becoming victims of commercial sexual exploitation (The Demand Project). Also, the National Center

Within the blink of an eye, technology has changed the entire face of humanity forever, and it is seen no greater than in the current era of social media, streaming content, smartphone usage in billions of people, and most importantly, the internet. In the span of two decades, it has become the dominant force for everything within our lives: professional, commercial, personal and even criminal. This was to be expected, for a tool that has the power to transmit information, video and much more to

On the other hand, some cities have wised up and are beginning to implement these kinds of rehabilitation programs. For instance, the aforementioned Yvette Brooks-Godley was a college graduate before she became a prostitute. Drugs sent her life into a downward spiral and she didn’t reform her ways until the court system tried something different. She benefitted from a fairly new prostitution diversion program in Chicago, WINGS Court, which manifested from a grassroots campaign by the Chicago Coalition

27 million people all over the world are currently being forced into human trafficking or modern day slavery, 161 countries including the US will be affected by human trafficking. 1 million children will be exploited by the commercial sex trade each year. Sex trafficking began in the 1700s in the United States. It hasn’t been stopped because it continues to increase over the years. Even though the law enforcement and people around the world could be strong enough to stop human trafficking, I believe

on the youth of today and how we interact with the world. The Positive It is evident that in today’s world social networks act as an essential part of teenagers’ and young adults’ lives. According to a study done by researchers at the Pew Research Center on teens ages 13 through 17, 88% of teens have at least 5 different social media profiles, and spend anywhere from 3-5 hours a day on those sites. Many times, one wonders how spending so much time on social network sites might have a positive effect

Michigan. They were arrested because of "suspicion of using the Internet to meet and have sex with a 14-year-old girl, after unit members posed as the girl." The article also said that "According to a study by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, one in five children who use the Internet regularly receives sexual solicitation online. Yet only about one in four young people who are approached sexually on the Internet tells a parent about the incident." On page 75 in the textbook

resources were invested in an optimum way, same as the Middle East countries investing oil, obviously the economic health in Sub-Saharan Africa countries would have been much better than it is currently. Therefore, they would have built health care centers to global standards, which helps to prevent the spreading of diseases. Bad resources management leads to serious consequences. Neil Gilbert in his article, What Poverty Means, defines poverty as, "a level of subsistence that barely afforded sufficient

created. Because it is illegal, there is a lot of money to be made from children in sex trafficking. Tom Philpott, a former editor of the Daily Texan, and History Professor at the University of Texas explains in his documentary “Boys for Sale” that there are a few situations where child prostitution and sex slavery can be influenced by the economy. It can influence the victim themselves, or by pimps who organize young children for prostitution. Kids who are on the streets are usually homeless, orphans