Although it is commonly accepted that teen pregnancy is a major social and economic problem, it is relatively unknown that two-thirds of the fathers of babies born to under-age girls are adults. It is, in fact, six times more likely that the father of a junior high school's baby is an adult than that he is another junior high school student.
This specialized unit utilizes both criminal and civil enforcement mechanisms to address the growing problem caused by the statutory rape of underage females and non-support of the resulting child.
