It's not what you think

The youth in custody surveys 2000 Youth In Custody Survey (CUST 00) In 2000, the McCreary Centre Society conducted youth health surveys in all nine of BC’s youth custody centres. [...] Among youth in custody in 2000: •. 53% of sexually exploited youth identified as 100% heterosexual •. 10% identified as mostly heterosexual •. 31% identified as lesbian, gay, or bisexual •. 6% of sexually exploited youth were unsure about their sexual orientation It’s not what you think: Sexually exploited youth in BC - 21 Experiences of sexual exploitation It is important to understand the contex [...] Up to 1 in 3 of the sexually exploited youth in the street-involved youth surveys reported first being exploited before age 14. [...] Youth most commonly reported being exploited on the streets: 18% to 25% of younger street-involved youth and more than half of older youth had been exploited on the streets in the communities where they lived. [...] Two of the surveys showed more sexually exploited males than females: older street-involved youth in 2001 and youth in custody in 2000 have a higher percentage of identified exploited females than identified exploited males.