WASHINGTON – The Office of Justice Programs’ National Institute of Justice today published an article discussing the results of a study that showed Kentucky’s safe harbor laws increased protections for sex trafficking victims. Kentucky’s Human Trafficking Victims’ Rights Act, passed in 2013, includes provisions that prevent sex-trafficked youth from being prosecuted for prostitution, and provides them with special services such as safe housing, mental health care and substance abuse treatment.
The research described in this article was funded by NIJ through a grant awarded to the University of Kentucky. This article is based on the grantee report “Sex Trafficking of Minors: The Impact of Legislative Reform and Judicial Decision Making in Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Communities,” by Jennifer Cole and Ginny Spran.
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Study Revealed Safe Harbor Laws Increased Protections for Sex-Trafficked Youth, Identified Needs for Agency Support and Judicial Training |
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