Sex Trafficking Research Paper

My interest in this organization is to provide a better law enforcement assistance to victims of sex trafficking; especially in a neighborhood where there is a high rate of “prostitution”. Many of the man and women who work for the law go into the streets without any training on how and what to do with the young girls who, in there are eyes are doing “prostitution”. Leading it to many cases where young girls are poorly mistreated from those whom they are suppose to “trust”. For example, Keisha, a thirteen year old who was arrested for the “act of prostitution”. In her case, cops were undercover and decided to ask Keisha for sex and a couple blocks away from her was her pimp watching her, so of course she was going to agree to what the cop wanted. …show more content…
I believe no girl should ever be put in the spot where they are seen less than any other girl in the same situation. I do agree with Lloyd’s words about law enforcement seeing young girls less than everybody else, because when someone is reported missing they have the say in whether to report and set off an amber alert right away, no matter what color their skin is or if they think the case will lead in no way. Race is an important aspect in many cases because it falls in what type of privilege they would have based off their color, a “well-adjusted fourteen year old, will be missed quickly, who’ll notify police, who may put the amber alert” (Lloyd 46) rather than the “child of color, a runway, there’s no amber alert, no manhunt.” (Lloyd 46) Many, many young white girls who are sexually exploited are more often to get helped, setting off the white privilege. Gender is also an important “aspect of life that explains a host of life chances, opportunities, and experiences”, a big role that is held in the girls who are sexually