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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785950803321

Autore

Dank Meredith L. <1977->

Titolo

The commercial sexual exploitation of children [[electronic resource] /] / Meredith L Dank

Pubbl/distr/stampa

El Paso, Tex., : LFB Scholarly Pub., c2011

ISBN

1-59332-673-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (166 p.)

Collana

Criminal justice: recent scholarship

Disciplina

364.15

Soggetti

Child prostitution

Child sexual abuse

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Preface; Chapter 1: What is the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children?; Methodology; Structure of the book; Chapter 2: What is Known about the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children; Chapter 3: The Methodological Approach and Lessons Learned from Attempting to Recruit Prostituted Youth; The CSEC Population in New York City: Size,Characteristics, and Needs; The Rationale: Why this method?; The Preparations: Formative Research; Planning for Subject Recruitment via RDS and Interviewswith Commercially Sexually Exploited Youth

The Data Collection Process: adjustments to the plan Chapter 4: CSEC Population Estimate and Attributes of CSEC Networks and its Members; Background; Population estimates and special seeds; RDS Recruitment Data; Conclusion; Chapter 5: Pre-existing Social Capital Among the CSEC Population; Methodology; Results; Discussion; Conclusion; Chapter 6: Constrained Choices and Lack of Agency among the CSEC Population; Introduction; Methodology; Discussion; Recruitment into the CSEC market; Leaving ""the life""; Conclusion; Chapter 7: General Discussion and Conclusion; Discussion of the Findings

Limitations Methodological Implications; Theoretical Implications; Policy Implications; Future Research; Last Reflections; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Dank's work is based on The National Institute of Justice funded study interviewing 249 prostituted youth in New York City. Her study of the



data generated a prevalence rate in addition to an explanation of the attributes of the CSEC networks and its members. Social capital theories explain how youth become involved in the CSEC market and why it is difficult for them to leave. Findings suggest that youth who possess social capital before entering the market are more likely to seek help, which can lead to their leaving the CSEC lifestyle. Those youth who do not have pre-existing normative socia