"As many as 80 percent of the girls in some states’ juvenile justice systems have a history of sexual or physical abuse,
according to a report released Thursday. The report, a rare examination
of their plight, recommends that girls who have been sexually
trafficked no longer be arrested on prostitution charges.
The study, 'The Sexual Abuse to Prison Pipeline: The Girls’ Story,'
found that sexual abuse was among the primary predictors of girls’
involvement with juvenile justice systems, but that the systems were
ill-equipped to identify or treat the problem."
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