Full Text: Hawaii Scores 'F' in Sex Trafficking Prevention

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PROTECTED INNOCENCE INITIATIVE

• Methodology
• Fact Sheet
• Legislative Framework Analysis and Recommendations --see below (research based on enacted legislation as of 8/1/11)*
• Protected Innocence Challenge: State Report Cards on the Legal Framework of Protection for the Nation's Children, 2011

Click on states to access individual state Report Cards and analysis/recommendations >>> LINK

Hawaii Scores:

• 2.5 -- Criminalization of Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking
• 4.0 -- Criminal Provisions Addressing Demand
• 10.5 -- Criminal Provisions for Traffickers
• 5.0 -- Criminal Provisions for Facilitators
• 11.5 -- Protective Provisions for Child Victims
• 7.0 -- Criminal Justice Tools for Investigation and Prosecution
• 40.5 -- Total Grade – “F”

FULL TEXT: Hawaii report card, analysis of Hawaii laws [42 pages], and Fact Sheet.

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CB: Hawaii Gets an 'F' For Preventing Sex Trafficking