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Changing the Way Courts Treat Youths Exploited by Trafficking

Alexis Kennedy wins 2018 Community-Based Research Award for a study that includes the views of survivors.

Criminal justice professor Alexis Kennedy is working to bring research on underage sex trafficking to public policy decisions. (Josh Hawkins/UNLV Creative Services)

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