Sarah De Vries Case

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Was Sarah a victim or an offender?
I believe that she was a victim, but not a victim in the normal sense. Ideally when you think of the word victim you think of something horrific happening to the person but that is not the case for Sarah De Vries. I believe that Sarah is a victim of society as a whole. Sarah is from Aboriginal, black, Mexican decent but her adopted parents were white. Although Sarah was adopted into a family that is visibly different than her ethnicity her family did not treat her any differently than they would their biological children.
When Sarah was young people would describe her as being sweet and overly trusting. She did things that any average little girl would do; she went to school, got good grade, and was generally …show more content…

She was a victim because several factors in her life prompted her to make the choices that she made. People don’t willingly become sex trade workers because they want to, they become sex trade workers because of the circumstances. This is the case for Sarah De Vries.

What main factors contributed to Sarah living and working streets?
There are several factors that contributed to Sarah living and working on the streets. It started when she was adopted. As mentioned earlier Sarah was adopted into a family that is visibly different than her ethnicity. Although the family did not treat her any differently Sarah still saw herself as the outcast of the family, and her so called friends and other acquaintances made comments that only furthered her insecurities. While she was at school the kids would call her names such as nigger, moon cricket, and …show more content…

She had insecurities about her adoption. She was bullied in school and started hanging out with the wrong group of people. Those people prompted her to steal which later lead to marijuana. Then her parents got divorced. She did not have a stable living situation and then she was physically abused. She snuck out of the house to do drugs because of the people she associated herself with. At first, her parents cared but then her mother gave up on her. She then ran away from home and became a sex worker. She slept with many men in order to survive. Her boyfriend was a drug dealer. She then got pregnant and gave her children to her mom. She then tried to correct her life but then she found out she had HIV. After this shocking information she went missing and then was found

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