Safe Harbor legislation for juvenile victims of sex trafficking: a myopic view of improvements in practice

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Current social and political realties have focused attention on human trafficking in the United States. Although new mechanisms for criminalizing offenders and protecting victims are increasingly funded and implemented across the country, empirical exploration into the efficacy of these intervention...

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1. VerfasserIn: Mehlman-Orozco, Kimberly 1983- (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2015
In:In: Social Inclusion 3(2015), 1, Seite 52-62
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Schlagwörter:
Kriminalität
Menschenhandel
Usa
Opfer
Jugendlicher
Kind
Prostitution
Kriminalisierung
Freiheitsstrafe
Sexueller Missbrauch
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Zusammenfassung:Current social and political realties have focused attention on human trafficking in the United States. Although new mechanisms for criminalizing offenders and protecting victims are increasingly funded and implemented across the country, empirical exploration into the efficacy of these interventions is lacking. This article uses yearly count data on juvenile prostitution arrests aggregated at the state level to explore the criminalization of commercial sexually exploited children post safe harbor policy implementation. Preliminary data from four states suggests that the passage of safe harbor laws may not reduce the number of juveniles arrested for prostitution crimes. Implications for future research are discussed.
DOI:10.17645/si.v3i1.56