Maricopa County Juvenile Probation Department Sex Trafficking Tool Program

About the Program

Category: Children and Youth (Best in Category)

Year: 2022

The Sex Trafficking Screening Tool was developed to provide initial preliminary identification of youth that may be at risk for sex trafficking. The screening tool supplements other identification and intervention strategies of the Department and the larger youth serving community. In 2017, the Maricopa County Juvenile Probation Department (MCJPD) joined the Maricopa County Child Sex Trafficking Collaborative and began work on creating a Sex Trafficking Screening Tool with Arizona State University Office of Sex Trafficking Intervention Research (ASU STIR). By December 1, 2017 the tool was launched and used to screen all juveniles coming into contact with the local juvenile justice system.