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Interesting article on age and streets action
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Found this online this morning, just a little piece to share with you all..kind of frightening to me

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/childsextrade021213.html

A Spectator3299 reads

has done a sloppy job there.  There is no way that Phoenix has child prostitution population estimated at 15,000 while NYC's estimate is between 5000 and 1000.  She should be more skeptical about the Phoenix number (15,000 out of approx. 1.3 mil or 1.1% which way too high).

Runaways are always vulnerable.  The bad economy creates more stress at home and increases runaways.

Street actions in general are always bad, JMHO.  Too much exploitations are involved.

Claire de Pense3901 reads

I agree that that number sounds high however Phoenix for it's size has an enormous amount of sex oriented business and i would not be surprised if the numbers there were higher than new york. For one a child prostitute in New York because of the dense population and cramped space for living is much easier to notice and the potential for getting caught is greater. Phoenix's spread out city plan allows an anonymity that can't be found in other metroplitan areas. Once the word gets out that it is a good place to find this type of business the population of sex workers will increase dramatically and if you are a homeless teen phoenix can sound alot more hospitable then newyork city. There are also a lot more outreach programs for children and prostitutes in new york, LA and SF than phoenix The amount of strips clubs alone that this town is able to support is staggering.

This type of thing happens more than many of us realize and the ones that i have met that worked for the same escort service I did when I was younger did not appear to be underage. I only found out that they were when they confided in me after I had known them for some time.

I also know of a house in LA that regularly employs underage girls but the youngest that this pimp will accept is 16 (what a guy) to his credit, and I use that term loosely, one of his girls (an 18 year old that has been with him for 1.5 years) said to me that he does not use violence or threaten them if they want to leave as there is always a girl ready to take her place. All he has to do is go down to the streets and find another one and show her that he has a better deal to offer..the supply is infinite.

if there are more like him then I bet the numbers are far higher than anyone knows as these girls probably feel grateful that they aren't being beaten and having all of their money taken, at least that was the feeling I got from the girl that I often speak with that works for him. if they are content in their situation I doubt that the agencies taken these census' even know abou them.

A Spectator5116 reads

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