Manhattan Adult Entertainment: Legislators Work to Improve Laws on Runaway Teens

But data provided by the national center to The New York Times indicates that the police often do not comply with this requirement. Lawmakers say a series of articles published in The Times in October about the increase in runaway children and teenagers involved in prostitution because of the recession, showing how many cases are not being properly tracked by police departments, has prompted much of the legislation.

The guidelines, which await final approval by the conference in July, would require teachers, social workers and others who work with children to report to the state child welfare agency any youth believed to be involved in prostitution, according to State Senator Renee Unterman of Georgia, a Republican who drafted the guidelines and is the chairwoman of the conference’s committee on human welfare.
The American Bar Association has also begun changing its policy guidelines so that it can lobby Congress for increased financing for tracking runaways and providing them with social services. Association leaders say they hope to urge Congress to pass a law preventing minors from being charged with a crime prostitution that they are too young to consent to.

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