Source: http://www.childrenslegalrightsjournal.com/childrenslegalrightsjournal/volume_35_issue_1?pg=15
Timestamp: 2019-04-24 15:57:45+00:00

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In application, the Washington statute provides for the arrest and custody of prostituted children with the caveat that prosecutors are given discretion not to pursue charges.108 If the prosecutor decides against bringing charges, children may be able to receive remedies similar to those afforded under the TVPA, such as medical care and counseling, because they are taken out of the juvenile system and channeled through dependency.109 This element is evidenced by the statute’s reference to the TVPA and the way in which the statute mimics the language of the TVPA, using terms like “certification as a victim.”110 Washington’s adopted hybrid approach is an improvement upon the New York statute, but it can be problematic because it punishes repeat offenders who may need the most help.
105 Id. at 2301–02, 2308–09.
106 WASH. REV. CODE ANN. §§ 13. 40.2139( 1), 13. 40.219 (West 2015).
108 Id. §§ 13. 40.2139( 1), 13. 40.219.
109 2010 Wash. Sess. Laws 2302 (“[W]hen a youth who has been diverted under RCW 13. 40.070 for an alleged offense of prostitution or prostitution loitering is referred to the department, the department shall connect that child with the services and treatment specified in RCW 74.14B.060 and 74.14B.070.”).
110 WASH. REV. CODE ANN. § 13. 40.219.
111 S.B. 153, 2010 Gen. Assemb., Feb. Sess. (Conn. 2010).
112 See CONN. GEN. STAT. ANN. § 53a-82.
113 Id. § 53a-82( 1)(a).
115 Id. § 46b-133( 2).
116 If the child is sixteen or older.
117 CONN. GEN. STAT. ANN. § 53a-82.
118 Id. § 53a-82( 1)(a)–(c).

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