MODEL RELEASED. Child prostitution. View of an adolescent female prostitute waiting by the side of a road for clients to arrive in their cars. The causes of child prostitution may vary, but often is in some way related to poverty and violence. Often these girls are runaways who have left home to escape domestic violence. They find this way of life the only way to support themselves. Some young girls will also turn to prostitution to support a drug habit. It is not unknown for parents to force their children into prostitution.