THE DATA PROJECT
The Data Project
A full length, empirically sound report outlining our first hand research on the prevalence and the nature of sex trafficking in Grand Rapids Michigan. Through the use of indicators of sex trafficking, the report analyzes interviews and online advertisements for the sale of sex to identify and give voice to victims of commercial sexual exploitation.
Quotes from women currently in commercial sexual exploitation:
I’ve been beat up by my pimp and I am tired but I have no place to go.
I am being beaten but am afraid to leave.
I need a safe place where he will not come and hurt me.
He sent a text to me requesting to buy a child.
I need housing, I want to leave life but don't know how