Check out publications and briefs developed under Just Exits and related resources below. For a full list of AEquitas resources, visit AEquitasResource.com/Resources
Just Exits Resources
Being Trafficked: What Prosecutors Need to Know About “the Life”
Learn about on-ramps into sexual exploitation and the trauma, abuse, and violence experienced by victims and survivors.
Forced Criminality: Understanding Human Trafficking Through the Lens of Utah's Victor Rax Case
Learn how traffickers force victims to engage in criminal behavior and employ victim-centered strategies to hold traffickers accountable.
Brief For Amici Curiae AEquitas, Women's Law Project, and 26 Additional Organization Supporting the Commonwealth and for Affirmance
AEquitas and the Women's Law Project wrote an Amicus Curiae Brief in support of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the Commonwealth v. Rogers. In the Brief, the Amici share their expertise in support of a determination that Pennsylvania’s Rape Shield Law does not permit the introduction of evidence of a complainant’s criminal record for prostitution-related offenses. Introducing this evidence would reinforce prejudicial gender and racial biases that would inhibit justice from prevailing and increase the burden of a criminal record on victims of sexual violence and exploitation.
Other Related Resources
The Journal of Nonprofit Innovation: Human Trafficking Awareness Edition
The Just Exits Initiative was featured as a Nonprofit Spotlight in January's edition of the Journal of Nonprofit Innovation, a publication by WikiCharities. This edition also highlights the latest research and statistics on human trafficking, as well as an article on nonprofit collaboration.
Confronting Racial Bias Against Black and African American Victims in the Prosecution of Sexual Violence, Domestic Violence, Stalking, and Human Trafficking
Eradicate racial biases and correct systemic inequities against Black victims of gender-based violence and human trafficking.