Hidden in Plain View: The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Girls in Atlanta
September 2005 Hidden in Plain View: The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Girls in Atlanta In an effort to understand the trends of commercial sexual exploitation of children in the city of Atlanta, geo-coded police data from 2002, 2003, and 2004, have been mapped. The following conclusions can be drawn from analysis of spatial data:There is a strong spatial correlation between areas of adult prostitution activities and juvenile prostitution-related activities  Juvenile activity is nested in established tracks such as Metropolitan Parkway, Moreland Avenue, Vine Street, Peachtree and North Avenue, and Pharr Road in Buckhead  Juvenile truants and runaways . . .
