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4 J. Marshall L.J. 177 (2011)
Time for Chance: Handling Child Prostitution Cases in Georgia

handle is hein.journals/jmlwj4 and id is 179 raw text is: TIME FOR CHANGE: HANDLING CHILD PROSTITUTION CASES IN GEORGIA I. INTRODUCTION ........................................ 177 II. LEGAL FRAMEWORK ........................................ 181 A. Current Georgia Law .................................. 181 B. The Child Protection and Public Safety Act............................... 184 III. CURRENT TRENDS AND PROPOSED CHANGES ........................ 186 A. Juvenile Offenders Are Less Culpable than Adult Offenders..... 187 B. Children Cannot Consent to Sex............ .......... 190 C. Federal Funding ............................................ 194 D. Safe Harbor Legislation in Georgia............ ........ 195 IV. CONCLUSION .............................................. 200 1. INTRODUCTION In Atlanta, a girl is raped for profit-through forced prostitution-every fifty-four seconds on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.' In fact, Georgia's capital city is among the top three cities in the United States for child prostitution.2 The commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) has been, and continues to be, a major problem across Georgia, the United States, and the world. Although it is difficult to track the figures due to unreported offenses, estimates suggest between 300,000 and 800,000 children are sexually exploited in the 1. J. Gerald Harris, Atlanta: A Center of Sexual Exploitation?, THE CHRISTIAN INDEX (July 30, 2009), available at http://www.christianindex.org/5678.article (referencing a speech made by Mary Frances Bowley, President of Wellspring Living, a residential rehabilitative facility for sexually exploited girls). 2. Id.

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