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52 Wake Forest L. Rev. 359 (2017)
She Leads a Lonely Life: When Sex Trafficking and Drug Addiction Collide

handle is hein.journals/wflr52 and id is 375 raw text is: SHE LEADS A LONELY LIFE: WHEN SEX TRAFFICKING AND DRUG ADDICTION COLLIDE* Lindsey N. Roberson INTRODUCTION When we ask small children the notorious question of what they want to be when they grow up, the answers we receive often range from the pragmatic (doctor, school teacher, firefighter), to the fantastical (princess, ninja, superhero), but never do children answer, with stars in their eyes or a smile on their face, I want to be a prostitute or I want to be a drug addict when I grow up. These are * While this author fully appreciates that sex-trafficking victims are both male and female, for the purposes of this article, feminine pronouns will be predominantly used for ease of reference and in recognition of the fact that most studies report that the victimization of women occurs at a higher rate than that of men. See e.g., Hotline Statistics, NAT'L HUMAN TRAFFICKING HOTLINE (last visited Apr. 10, 2017), https://humantraffickinghotline.org/states (showing that, out of 7572 suspected cases of human trafficking, 6340 of the suspected victims were women according to hotline call data from 2016). Lindsey Roberson is grateful to the Wake Forest School of Law for choosing to highlight the important issue of human trafficking as its Fall 2016 symposium topic, and is especially thankful to the Law Review's editorial board for dedicating so much time and effort to the publication of these timely essays. Lindsey joined the Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit (HTPU) as a trial attorney in January of 2017. The HTPU is the component of the Civil Rights Division's Criminal Section at the United States Department of Justice responsible for investigating, prosecuting, and providing guidance to enforcement partners on cases involving domestic and international human trafficking offenses. Prior to her current role with the DOJ, Lindsey served as a prosecutor for the Fifth Judicial District of North Carolina, and spent years litigating in the private sector both in New York and North Carolina. As an assistant district attorney in North Carolina, Lindsey specialized in special victim cases, including human trafficking, and drafted the Safe Harbor Act for Victims of Sex Trafficking legislation which became effective in North Carolina in 2013. Lindsey also serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, where she teaches courses on human trafficking and provides lectures on criminal law. Lindsey began her legal career as a law clerk for the Honorable James C. Fox in the Eastern District of North Carolina following her graduation from the University of North Carolina School of Law. This article was prepared by Lindsey N. Roberson in her personal capacity. The opinions expressed in this article are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Civil Rights Division, the Department of Justice, or the United States government. 359

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