Childhelp Speak Up Be Safe Research Library
The content and delivery of all Childhelp Speak Up Be Safe lessons are based on best practices from research in child development, learning styles, social psychology, and child abuse prevention. If you are interested in learning more about these research foundations of the curriculum, here are suggested readings, some of which detail research that informed the original expansion of the curriculum and some used in later updates and development.

The Childhelp Speak Up Be Safe program has been rated as having Promising Research Evidence by the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC) and is listed in its Program Registry.
Human Trafficking
2019 Data Report: The US National Human Trafficking Hotline – Polaris Project, 2020
Global Report on Trafficking in Persons – United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2020
Trafficking in Persons Report, 20th Edition – US Department of State, June 2020
Who Buys Sex – Demand Abolition, November 2018
Youth involvement in the sex trade: A national study – Swaner, R., et al., 2016
Outcomes
Child and Adult Outcomes of Chronic Child Maltreatment – Jonson-Reid, M. et al., May 2012
Child Maltreatment and the Transition to Adult-Based Medical and Mental-Health Care – January 2011
Developmental Victimology: The Comprehensive Study of Childhood Victimizations – Finkelhor, D., 2007
National Survey of Adolescents in the United States – Kilpatrick, D. G., and B. E. Saunders, 1995
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Abused and Neglected Children Grown Up – Widom, C. S., August 1999
The Long-Term Consequences of Maltreatment in the Early Years – Egeland, B., et al., 2002
Why Have Child Maltreatment and Child Victimization Declined? – Finkelhor, D., and Jones, L., 2006