More Unintended Consequences

A report about the pioneering Alberta program aiming at taking child prostitututes out of circulation from the streets says that in some circumstances, it has had upsetting unintended consequences.

The report also points to a disturbing side-effect of safe houses - some younger clients are learning the wrong things. "It has definitely happened that girls are being recruited, because they pass on phone numbers of friends, pimps and drug dealers," one staffer said.