The numbers of children forced in to child prostitution is increasing drastically. This is a serious global problem and it needs our attention now. People don’t seem to pay attention to the fact that there are children out there in this world being exploited in such ways. If they found their own child or someone they cared for being forced into living their lives in such a way, they would definitely look at it on a whole new level. The thing is, these children usually do not have anyone who cares for them and they are usually orphans. Someone needs to care for these innocent children of our world and we as a whole world need to come together and find ways to help these children and give them the opportunity to get out of the sex trafficking industry and give them the opportunities to live their lives to the …show more content…
Is it fair for these innocent victims to be charged with a crime and put in jail while the trafficker receives a get out of jail free card? It is obvious that this is not morally correct and that something needs to be done to correct the errors in the criminal justice system. Shared Hope has spent a lot of their time backing up the development of laws to protect the victims in these cases in several states. Though five years of research, Shared Hope has determined that there are specific areas and laws that need to be adjusted within the criminal justice system to protect the innocent victims of human sex trafficking. They have their own Protective Innocence Legislative Framework for victims of trafficking who are children. Their purpose behind this is to protect and provide a safe environment for these