Locked In: Interactions with the Criminal Justice and Child Welfare Systems for LGBTQ Youth, YMSM and YWSW who Engage in Survival Sex
"This report focuses on LGBTQ youth who become involved in the commercial
sex market to meet basic survival needs, describing their experiences
with law enforcement, the criminal justice system, and the child welfare
system. Interviews with these youth reveal that over 70 percent had
been arrested at least once, with many reporting frequent arrest for 'quality-of-life' and misdemeanor crimes other than prostitution
offenses. Youth described their experiences of being cycled in and out
of the justice system as highly disruptive and generating far-reaching
collateral consequences ranging from instability in the home and school
to inability to pay fines and obtain lawful employment. This report is
part of a larger three-year Urban Institute study of lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning (LGBTQ) youth; young men
who have sex with men (YMSM); and young women who have sex with women
(YWSW) engaged in survival sex."
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