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Finding Safe Harbor: Protection, Prosecution, And State Strategies To Address Prostituted Minors, Darren Geist
Finding Safe Harbor: Protection, Prosecution, And State Strategies To Address Prostituted Minors, Darren Geist
Legislation and Policy Brief
The common policy of treating sexually exploited minors as criminals represents a fundamental failing of the justice system. Prostituted minors should not be treated as delinquents requiring discipline but rather as severely traumatized and abused victims requiring specialized services and counseling. Yet, in most states, prostituted minors are re-traumatized through arrest, prosecution, and detention instead of receiving specialized services. Besides being unjust, this policy is counter-productive. Arresting, prosecuting, and detaining minors hinders law enforcement efforts to go after the real criminals – the pimps and the johns, and misses an important opportunity to rescue minors from a system of commercial …
Symposium: Theory And Praxis In Reducing Women's Poverty, Emily A. Benfer, Davida Finger, Annette Appell
Symposium: Theory And Praxis In Reducing Women's Poverty, Emily A. Benfer, Davida Finger, Annette Appell
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
No abstract provided.
Reclaiming Demographics: Women, Poverty, And The Common Interest In Particular Struggles, Ezra Rosser
Reclaiming Demographics: Women, Poverty, And The Common Interest In Particular Struggles, Ezra Rosser
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
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Rethinking The Neighborhood Watch: How Lessons From The Nigerian Village Can Creatively Empower The Community To Assist Poor, Single Mothers In America, Dehlia Umunna
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
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Failing To Address Sexual And Domestic Violence At Work: The Case Of Migrant Farmworker Women, Robin R. Runge
Failing To Address Sexual And Domestic Violence At Work: The Case Of Migrant Farmworker Women, Robin R. Runge
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
No abstract provided.
Don't Forget Dad: Addressing Women's Poverty By Rethinking Forced And Outdated Child Support Policies, Daniel L. Hatcher
Don't Forget Dad: Addressing Women's Poverty By Rethinking Forced And Outdated Child Support Policies, Daniel L. Hatcher
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
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Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't: Why Multi-Court-Involved Battered Mothers Just Can't Win, Margo Lindauer
Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't: Why Multi-Court-Involved Battered Mothers Just Can't Win, Margo Lindauer
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
No abstract provided.
Addressing Intersectionality In The Lives Of Women In Poverty: Incorporating Core Components Of A Social Work Program Into Legal Education, Beth Caldwell
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
No abstract provided.