APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Evaluation of the Sex Trafficking Attitudes Scale in a Community Sample
- Nesa Wasarhaley
Bridgewater State University - Samantha Kameese
Bridgewater State University - Rebecca Vilk
Bridgewater State University - Elizabeth Cook
Bridgewater State University - Dominic Locantore
Bridgewater State University - Claire Renzetti
University of Kentucky
Abstract
We validated a new Sex Trafficking Attitudes Scale and examined the relationship between community members’ demographics and attitudes. Results supported prior preliminary scale validation findings. Additionally, younger, more conservative, and male participants had less accurate knowledge of sex trafficking. Older, conservative, and male participants had negative attitudes toward helping survivors.
Criminal Justice