From left, child prostitutes in Ningxia, China; Tijuana, Mexico; and Poipet, Cambodia. If any of these girls were found working in the United States, they would be sheltered by the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act. But what about local underage trade? New York State still throws girls in juvenile jail. What makes a 13-year-old Latina from Brooklyn a criminal and a Chinese (or Mexican, or Cambodian) girl a victim? (Photo: From left, Mark Leong/Redux; James Whitlow Delano/Redux; Q. Sakamaki/Redux ) NY Magazine
