BOSTON (AP) — Boston police are considering sending men who seek sex for a fee to a special program where they can learn about the impacts of sex trafficking.
Police tell the Boston Herald the so-called “john school” is one of several initiatives being considered in a crackdown on sex trafficking that aims to reduce the online sex trade by 20 percent in a year.
The program is getting a $30,000 grant from Demand Abolition, a Cambridge advocacy group.
The head of the department’s human trafficking unit says men who solicit sex think it’s a victimless crime, but by attending a “john school,” they can see the horrors of sex trafficking and even meet victims.
Proponents say if firsttime drunken drivers can be sent to an education program, so can sex solicitors.
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