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Weekly news updates 7/18/07

Posted on Jul 18, 2007 by Claudine in sex trade, teens, violence | 0 Comments

This week in the news, clothing confiscated from a police officer accused of sexually assaulting a teenager arrested for prostitution has gone missing with only a month before his trial is set to start.

Three different arrests and charges point to specific kinds of experiences in the sex trade.

For girls in pimp-controlled networks, branding and tattooing are common to both display ownership and sometimes out of competition or to retaliate against other pimps.

Another common practice is to converge on major sporting events for the money making potential. The Bay Area was prepared last week.

Ok, in more positive news, the latest data reports many encouraging health trends for youth, including more youth finishing high school, using condoms when having sex and a record low teen birthrate.

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