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172 Id. at 1223 (“[A]ny type of sexual conduct involving a child constitutes an intrusion upon the rights of that child, whether or not the child consents . . . society has a compelling interest in intervening to stop such misconduct.”) (quoting Schmitt v. State, 590 So. 2d 404 (Fla. 1991)).
174 See Schmitt v. State, 590 So. 2d 404, 413 (Fla. 1991).
175 See State v. Enstice, 573 So. 2d 340, 343 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990).
176 See Cunningham, 712 So. 2d at 1223; see Schmitt, 590 So. 2d at 413; see Enstice, 573 So. 2d at 343.
177 See Telephone Interview with Trudy Novicki, supra note 136 (stating that one of the most important features of the safe harbor statute was the separation between dependency and delinquency it provides); see FLA. STAT. ANN. § 39.401( 2)(b) (West 2015); see also Barbara Bennett Woodhouse, David C. Baum Memorial Lecture: The Courage of Innocence: Children as Heroes in the Struggle for Justice, 2009 U. ILL. L. REV. 1567, 1581 (2009) (discussing the differences between the dependency and delinquency systems). 178 Cf. FLA. STAT. ANN. § 39.01( 12) (operating under the definition of children in Chapter 39, protects all sexually-exploited children under eighteen); N. Y. FAM. CT. ACT § 311.4 (McKinney 2014) (allowing children who do not cooperate with authorities to be charged in criminal court); CONN. GEN. STAT. ANN. § 53a-829(c) (West 2015) (differentiating between children under sixteen, who are immune to prosecution, and children sixteen and older, who are only presumed coerced but not immune).
179 See FLA. STAT. ANN. § 409.1754( 1)(a)( 1)–( 7), ( 2)(a)( 2) (West 2015); see generally id. § 409.1678 (discussing safe foster homes and safe houses); see generally id. § 39.524 (discussing child placement in safe housing); see generally id. § 39.401 (authorizing the taking of dependent children into custody); see generally id. § 796.07 (criminalizing prostitution); see generally id. § 985.115 (discussing the release of minors who are in custody); see generally id. § 394.495 (discussing children’s mental health system care, programs, and services); see generally id. § 16.617 (discussing specific departments and steps to take when implementing the law); see generally id. § 409.997 (discussing child welfare results-oriented accountability programs).
180 See, e.g., N.Y. SOC. SERV. LAW § 447-b( 4) (McKinney 2014) (stating that abused children need services but failing to allocate funding towards this end).
181 See Telephone Interview with Trudy Novicki, supra note 136.
182 Kate Brittle, Note, Child Abuse by Another Name: Why the Child Welfare System Is the Best Mechanism in Place To Address the Problem of Juvenile Prostitution, 36 HOFSTRA L. REV. 1339, 1351 (2008).

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