Add It Up: Child prostitution
November 14, 2009 at 9:24 am by Benjamin Fisher in Add it up, NewsEstimated number of teenage prostitutes working in Atlanta in 2009: 334
Estimated number of teenage prostitutes working in Atlanta in 2007: 251
Estimated minimum number of children at risk for sexual exploitation in the United States: 200,000
Rank of Atlanta among cities with children living in extreme poverty, as of the 2000 census: 1
Estimated percentage of street youth nationwide who engage in “survival sex”: 28
Number of studies that the U.S. Department of Justice has conducted on child prostitution: 0
Price of sex with a 14-year-old Atlanta prostitute profiled in a 2005 study [PDF]: $25
Fine for pimping minors in the state of Georgia, prior to 2001: $50
Maximum for pimping minors after the passage of Georgia’s Child Sexual Commerce Prevention Act of 2001: $10,000
Sources: New York Times, Atlanta Women’s Agenda
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