Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice
Abstract
The article examines the contradiction in California's legal framework where minors are criminalized for prostitution under California Penal Code section 647(b), despite being legally incapable of consenting to sex. It argues that such laws fail to protect child prostitutes, who are often victims of exploitation, and instead perpetuate their harm by punishing them rather than addressing the root causes of their situation.
Disciplines
Criminal Law | Criminal Procedure | Human Rights Law | Law | Law and Gender | Legislation
Recommended Citation
Pantea Javidan,
Invisible Targets: Juvenile Prostitution, Crackdown Legislation, and the Example of California,
9
Cardozo J. Equal Rts. & Soc. Just.
237
(2003).
Available at:
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cardozoersj/vol9/iss2/6
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