Which factor triggers a 2DF enhancement under prostitution statutes?

Which factor triggers a 2DF enhancement under prostitution statutes?

• A. The person solicited is younger than 18
• B. The act occurred in a public place
• C. The offender is a peace officer
• D. The person solicited is older than 18

Answer: (A)

The key idea here is age-based penalties: prostitution statutes carry a higher enhancement when the person solicited is a minor. If the person being solicited is younger than 18, the offense is escalated with the 2DF enhancement to reflect the increased severity due to exploitation of a child. That’s why this option best fits the scenario—the minor status of the person solicited triggers the enhancement. The other situations—the act occurring in a public place, the offender being a peace officer, or the person solicited being 18 or older—do not activate this particular minor-based enhancement, so they don’t produce the 2DF increase.

The key idea here is age-based penalties: prostitution statutes carry a higher enhancement when the person solicited is a minor. If the person being solicited is younger than 18, the offense is escalated with the 2DF enhancement to reflect the increased severity due to exploitation of a child. That’s why this option best fits the scenario—the minor status of the person solicited triggers the enhancement. The other situations—the act occurring in a public place, the offender being a peace officer, or the person solicited being 18 or older—do not activate this particular minor-based enhancement, so they don’t produce the 2DF increase.