Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice
Abstract
The note argues that the PROTECT Act, while expanding legal measures to combat child sexual exploitation, fails to address the crime's root causes and its nature as a form of discrimination. It advocates for reconceptualizing child sexual exploitation as a bias crime, which would enhance legal deterrence, increase penalties, and better acknowledge the psychological trauma experienced by victims. The note emphasizes that recognizing exploitation as a bias crime would address the systemic factors, such as poverty and discrimination, that perpetuate the crime.
Disciplines
Criminal Law | Criminal Procedure | Housing Law | Law | Sexuality and the Law
Recommended Citation
Tracy Agyemang,
Reconceptualizing Child Sexual Exploitation as a Bias Crime Under the Protect Act,
12
Cardozo J. Equal Rts. & Soc. Just.
937
(2006).
Available at:
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cardozoersj/vol12/iss3/8
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