Sex Trafficking
Over sixty percent of prostitutes in the United States are being trafficked (Elrod). This trafficking of prostitutes is happening everywhere. Any one could be trafficked: a sister or brother, a daughter or son, or even a peer. Sex trafficking can affect everyone. Sex trafficking in the United States is a problem for many reasons: there is not enough prevention for sex trafficking, people do not realize how prevalent sex trafficking is in the U.S., and not enough is being done to solve sex trafficking in the U.S. This paper will talk about the many problems of sex trafficking, the causes of sex trafficking, the solutions of sex trafficking and opposing views.
Sex trafficking in the United States is not a priority and is not prevented enough or …show more content…
Many members of congress viewed the H.R. 3887, which gave police the power to charge the people buying sex (nicknamed Johns) from prostitutions, as unconditional as ¨neither the THirteenth Amendment nor the COmmerce Clause supported such federal regulation¨ (Elrod). Because the Thirteenth Amendment and the Commerce Clause do not support federal regulation of sex trafficking that occurs as prostitution, this means that police do not have the ability to pursue all forms sex trafficking and as a result are not able to prevent sex trafficking as much as possible. The police lack federal resources for prostitution cases. Many prosecutors believe that it would be better if all forms of human trafficking (including sex trafficking in the form of prostitution) were prosecuted federally as human trafficking cases are¨ too complex and demand resources that are less available to state agencies¨ (Farrell, Owens, and Mcdevitt). Because human trafficking cases are most often prosecuted locally instead of federally and are complex cases that are ¨resource-intensive¨ (Farrell, Owens, and Mcdevitt), it would be better to have human trafficking cases prosecuted
Over sixty percent of prostitutes in the United States are being trafficked (Elrod). This trafficking of prostitutes is happening everywhere. Any one could be trafficked: a sister or brother, a daughter or son, or even a peer. Sex trafficking can affect everyone. Sex trafficking in the United States is a problem for many reasons: there is not enough prevention for sex trafficking, people do not realize how prevalent sex trafficking is in the U.S., and not enough is being done to solve sex trafficking in the U.S. This paper will talk about the many problems of sex trafficking, the causes of sex trafficking, the solutions of sex trafficking and opposing views.
Sex trafficking in the United States is not a priority and is not prevented enough or …show more content…
Many members of congress viewed the H.R. 3887, which gave police the power to charge the people buying sex (nicknamed Johns) from prostitutions, as unconditional as ¨neither the THirteenth Amendment nor the COmmerce Clause supported such federal regulation¨ (Elrod). Because the Thirteenth Amendment and the Commerce Clause do not support federal regulation of sex trafficking that occurs as prostitution, this means that police do not have the ability to pursue all forms sex trafficking and as a result are not able to prevent sex trafficking as much as possible. The police lack federal resources for prostitution cases. Many prosecutors believe that it would be better if all forms of human trafficking (including sex trafficking in the form of prostitution) were prosecuted federally as human trafficking cases are¨ too complex and demand resources that are less available to state agencies¨ (Farrell, Owens, and Mcdevitt). Because human trafficking cases are most often prosecuted locally instead of federally and are complex cases that are ¨resource-intensive¨ (Farrell, Owens, and Mcdevitt), it would be better to have human trafficking cases prosecuted