Seeking Justice: Legal Approaches to Eliminate Criminal Liability For
SEEKING JUSTICE Legal approaches to eliminate criminal liability for juvenile sex trafficking victims ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Seeking Justice: Legal approaches to eliminate criminal liability for juvenile sex trafficking victims was Timeline of Non-Criminalization Laws, 1969-2017 1 reviewed by several experts in the anti-trafficking field, and their comments contributed to the final analysis—many thanks to Jayne Bigelsen, Vice President of Advocacy and Director of Anti-Trafficking Analysis of Statutory Approaches to Non-Criminalization 3 Initiatives, Covenant House New York, Bethany Gilot, Statewide Human Trafficking Prevention Director, Florida Department of Children and Families, Abigail Kuzma, Non-Director Member of the Governance and Performance and Delivery of Legal Services Committees, Legal Services Corporation, Amy Louttit, Chart - Approaches to Non-Criminalization 19 Public Policy Associate, National Network for Youth, Nicholas Oakley, Senior Projects Manager, Center for Children and Youth Justice, Kate Price, PHd. Candidate, University of Massachusetts Boston Sociology State Law Summaries 24 Department, Shea Rhodes, Director, Villanova Law Institute to Address Commercial Sexual Exploitation, Yasmin Vafa, Executive Director, Rights4Girls, Kate Walker Brown, Director of Child Trafficking, National Considerations for drafting 48 Center for Youth Law. The legal analysis for Seeking Justice: Legal approaches to eliminate criminal liability for juvenile Endnotes 57 sex trafficking victims was drafted by Shared Hope Policy Counsel Sarah Bendtsen, J.D., and Sarah Breyer, J.D., LL.M., under the direction of Christine M. Raino, Esq., Senior Director of Public Policy and Non-Criminalization Timeline Data 63 Samantha Vardaman, Vice President and General Counsel. The following Shared Hope law fellows and interns contributed to the report: Aliz Nagyvaradi, Liisa Rettedal, Kaitlin Kinsella, Amanda Lopez, Joseph Woltman, Karen Logsdon, Jackson Grasz.
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