RT Article
T1 Safe Harbor legislation for juvenile victims of sex trafficking: a myopic view of improvements in practice
A1 Mehlman-Orozco, Kimberly 1983-
LA English
YR 2015
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1588525651
AB 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.
CN 301
K1 Kriminalität
K1 Menschenhandel
K1 Usa
K1 Opfer
K1 Jugendlicher
K1 Kind
K1 Prostitution
K1 Kriminalisierung
K1 Freiheitsstrafe
K1 Sexueller Missbrauch
DO 10.17645/si.v3i1.56