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by Kylie Paige3 views·Updated Apr 23, 2021
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  1. Hi, my name is Kylie.
  2. All is good.
  3. And my research topic was on sex trafficking more specifically,
  4. a research was on how victims of sex trafficking are
  5. treated in court cases.
  6. So, these are my findings on the topic and what
  7. have helped me to better understand the topic.
  8. So what is sex trafficking?
  9. The purpose of sex trafficking is to gain profit from
  10. exploding individuals for sex.
  11. There are other forms of trafficking.
  12. However, today we're just looking at sex trafficking in general.
  13. So the number of victims friendship 700,000 to 2 million
  14. every year.
  15. This is an interesting statistic because I think in the
  16. United States, an often overlooked problem that we face is
  17. sex trafficking when in reality there is a large amount
  18. of people stuck in it, uh, in some way.
  19. Um, so it's important to realize the mass amount of
  20. people that are in when you often don't even think
  21. about now in your day to day life.
  22. Um, so who is being trafficked?
  23. This is an important thing to look at to better
  24. understand the subject.
  25. So, you can understand the individuals that are usually targeted
  26. for this.
  27. So 80 are going to be female and 19 are
  28. going to be under the age of 18.
  29. Um, the idea that 80 of our female is important.
  30. So you can recognize how women are un proportionally targeted
  31. in sex trafficking.
  32. However, you can also look at the fact that 20
  33. are men.
  34. And that's important because I think that men are usually
  35. not seen as victims in cases like this, when reality,
  36. 20 of that portion are going to be met.
  37. So It's important to recognize that matter also victims.
  38. Um, 90% 108- 18.
  39. That's a large amount of minors and Children that are
  40. being stuck in the system.
  41. Uh, that's a very sad reality that we have to
  42. face. Um, so anyone can be trafficked, but runaway youth,
  43. homeless population and other vulnerable groups are the most likely
  44. to be targeted.
  45. Uh, the other vulnerable groups can be low income areas
  46. and places like that.
  47. Um, but these communities are often most likely to be
  48. trafficked rather than the others.
  49. So what happens in the courts?
  50. So if a victim was to be quote unquote saved
  51. from the system and brought into court, they're probably expecting
  52. to be treated as a victim court.
  53. However, sometimes that cannot be the case.
  54. Um, so victims are being charged with prostitution instead of
  55. being treated as what they are, which is victims.
  56. Um, so there are different laws put into place to
  57. help prevent this from happening.
  58. However, they're not always implemented.
  59. Some of those laws could be safe harbor laws which
  60. were created to help this not happen.
  61. So they can limit criminal responsibility of miners who are
  62. victims of human trafficking, with some granting immunity for prostitution
  63. related offences.
  64. It can stipulate how miners are victims of human trafficking
  65. are to be diverted from the juvenile justice system, and
  66. it can provide protective and rehabilitative services to address their
  67. trafficking victimization.
  68. So, like I said, these laws are not always implemented,
  69. which can prevent these victims from getting the help they
  70. need, and instead, they're they're being incarcerated for prostitution when
  71. they are in reality victims.
  72. So, I'd like to see more of these laws put
  73. into place to help, really, really just make it.
  74. So this isn't happening in these victims are being treated
  75. as victims.
  76. So what are the consequences of these victims not getting
  77. the help?
  78. They need?
  79. A lot about my research and I found of the
  80. mental health problems in the medical problems that these victims
  81. are facing, that they're not getting help with when they
  82. are incarcerated.
  83. Um, so, the mental health problems that they can face
  84. can be anxiety, depression, pTSD a bunch of other stuff,
  85. and when reality need therapies rehab, really, Whatever help they
  86. need to help them repair themselves from what they have
  87. gone through.
  88. However, when they are incarcerated, they're often not given the
  89. help that they need.
  90. Um, I've included a quote from someone who was sex
  91. traffic. She experienced, uh, cosmetic problems as well as mental
  92. health problems that she was not given.
  93. In conclusion.
  94. My research has really helped me better understand the severity
  95. of this problem.
  96. How likely it is that someone around you is being
  97. sex trafficked.
  98. And how important is to make sure that these victims
  99. are treated as such and recognize the amount of people
  100. that are incarcerated for prostitution rather than being treated the
  101. victim. Um, yeah, thank you for watching