NCJ Number
95917
Journal
Adolescence Volume: 14 Issue: 75 Dated: (Fall 1984) Pages: 689-696
Date Published
1984
Length
8 pages
Annotation
Although juvenile prostitution has been documented since antiquity, its rise since 1970 has been overwhelming.
Abstract
Newsweek (1978) reported an alarming increase in arrests of prostitutes under the age of 25 in New York from 24% to 74% in the previous 10 years. In Boston the average age of prostitutes is 20 years old; in Miami it is 18. The pupose of this paper is to explore the conditions which lead to teenagers' becoming prostitutes, and how our institutions and legal system deal with them. (Publisher abstract)