The granite controversy : geological addresses illustrating the evolution of a disputant / H.H. Read

• Record Nr.: UNINA990009635690403321
• Autore: Read, H.H.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : Thomas Murby & Co., 1957
• Descrizione fisica: XIX, 430 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
• Locazione: DINGE
• Collocazione: 02/28
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Runaway Kids and Teenage Prostitution : America's Lost, Abandoned, and Sexually Exploited Children

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910956656703321
• Autore: Flowers R. Barri
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Santa Barbara, : ABC-CLIO, 2001
• ISBN: 9786612404016; 9781282404014; 1282404016; 9780313003059; 031300305X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (228 p.)
• Collana: Contributions in Criminology & Penology, 54 ; ; v.No. 54
• Disciplina: 364.1534; 364.15340836
• Soggetti: Runaway teenagers -- United States; Teenage prostitution -- United States; Teenagers -- United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Figures and Tables; Preface; Introduction; I. The Dynamics of Running Away; II. The Dynamics of Teenage Prostitution; III. Correlates of Running Away and Teenage Prostitution; IV. The Law and Combating Teenage Prostitution; V. Runaway Youth and Prostituted Teens in Other Countries; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This concise and accessible new text examines the correlations between runaway children and teenage prostitution in the United States from a criminological, sociological, and psychological perspective. The author takes a systematic approach to defining and describing the differences between youth who run away from home and those who leave institutional settings and distinguishes the difference between runaway and throwaway children. A careful examination of teenage prostitution among girls and boys helps to illuminate the special problems faced by children who have run away. In addition, the a