The Civil Rights of Sexually Exploited Youth in Foster Care

dc.contributor.authorCecka, D. M.
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-05T16:06:43Z
dc.date.available2015-11-05T16:06:43Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the civil rights of youth who are missing or discharged from foster care and become victims of sexual exploitation. It also addresses future implications of this epidemic, given demographic patterns of the United States, if we do not address this issue now. Section II describes the demographics of adolescents in foster care. Next, Section III addresses the sexual exploitation of this population. Section IV describes the legal framework of the foster care system and legislation pertaining to sexually exploited youth. Section V analyzes the constitutional rights of foster youth who become victims of sexual exploitation and draws analogies to similarly situated groups whose rights have been more firmly established by federal courts. Finally, Section VI concludes that adolescents in foster care have a constitutional right to be free from state action which puts them at risk for sexual exploitation. (Author Abstract)en_US
dc.identifier.citationCecka, D. M. (2015). The Civil Rights of Sexually Exploited Youth in Foster Care. West Virginia Law Review, 117, 1226-1271.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm/SSRN_ID2597790_code877467.pdf?abstractid=2597790&mirid=1
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/2621
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWest Virginia Law Reviewen_US
dc.subjectchild abuseen_US
dc.subjectCSECen_US
dc.subjectrisk factorsen_US
dc.titleThe Civil Rights of Sexually Exploited Youth in Foster Careen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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