good post. No threat of conviction for the child means the police have no leverage in interview. While 'felony pimping' carries a greater sentence than adult pimping, this dynamic makes it less likely for a child pimp to get 'ratted out' and yes, you are right, it therefore can be seen to incentivise some pimps to use children rather than adults. It also may 'hurry' some girls into prostitution - 'better go make money before i turn 18 and the law changes for me'