National Context
The United States is recognized as one of the Top 10 Highly Developed Countries ("Top 10 Highly Developed Countries - Listverse", 2012). According to the U.S Department of Justice, approximately 300,000 children are at risk of being prostituted in the United States. These statistics show that the United States, being a highly economically developed country, takes a big part in the 1 million children that are being exploited for sex trade. One of the top cities for human trafficking is Atlanta. "In Georgia, 12,400 men purchase sex with young women in a given month; more than 27,000 men purchase sex with young women in Georgia more than once per year" ("INnocence ATLanta- Statistics | Innocence Atlanta"). In Atlanta, there are laws against human trafficking or that try and prevent human trafficking. For example, "35-1-16.Training law enforcement officers investigating crimes involving trafficking persons for labor or sexual servitude" ("Georgia | Polaris Project | Combating Human Trafficking and Modern-day Slavery", 2014). Another city that is ranked at the top for human trafficking is Colorado. According to the Polaris Project, in 2011, there were 15,205 labor trafficking victims identified resulting in only 278 convictions. This illustrates how most of the victims' justice was not served. To further try and prevent human trafficking, some current state laws of Colorado are protecting children and grown ups from human trafficking. My national issue is similar to my global because they both interconnect. It is both the same issue and laws that are made nationally are also made globally.