Running Head: TEENAGE PROSTITUTION 1
SOWK 6361 Week 8 Assignment
Racquel Walsh
Walden University
TEENAGE PROSTITUTION 2
Teenage prostitution is a social problem that is significantly impacting society in the United
States. Despite the many laws and policies that have been put in place regarding teenage
prostitution, the problem still continues to grow. This portion of my social change project will
analyze the proposed social policy. The strengths and weaknesses of my proposed policy will be
how making changes to the policy will affect clinical social workers and his/her client(s), as well
as provide an update for advocacy activity.
My proposed policy attempt to make advancement to current laws that prohibits teenage
prostitution. The proposed policy will restrict individuals from enticing individuals who are under
the age of 18 years old from engaging in any type of sexual activity and/or buying sexual services
from children. The policy being presented has various strengths as well as identifying the issue of
consent regarding teenage prostitution. The teen would be considered a child that is protected by
the government regardless of his/her reason who engaging in sexual acts regardless if consent was
given or not. The proposed policy has the belief that the teen is not capable of being able to make a
sound decision on their own. The individual who is buying the services must make sure that the
individual they are buying sexual services from can provide proof that they are 18 years old or
older in order to prevent facing any legal action and consequences. The proposed policy would
also call for support from society and the community in order to combat the social issue, which can
also be considered as another strength. This would make every individual involved take
