If that isn't enough, prostitute are often working dangerous streets carrying high amounts of cash during overnight hours when they are at high risk to be mugged, raped and murdered. Female prostitutes are often gang raped by mobs of teenage boys out for a night of fun. Most, if not all of the large sums of money earned by street youth are turned over to their pimps. When they arrive home to an apartment or house usually provided by the pimp, they are threatened, battered and even tortured if they haven't met the pimp's quota. And it is important to remember that in most cases all of the money goes directly to the pimp.
Juveniles freely choose prostitution or pornography.
Juveniles are most frequently driven to prostitution in order to escape abusive situations. These young girls feel they have no choice. In addition, laws designed to protect children from sexual abuse are not applied to juvenile prostitutes. Her childhood was filled with physical assault, sexual abuse and extreme emotional maltreatment. At an early age she turned to substance abuse starting with alcohol and moving into harder drugs and narcotics.