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Autore |
Sher Julian |
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Titolo |
Somebody's Daughter : The Hidden Story of America's Prostituted Children and the Battle to Save Them |
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Oakland, : Chicago Review Press, 2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (354 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Child prostitutes -- United States |
Child prostitution -- United States -- Prevention |
Child prostitution -- United States |
Child prostitutes |
Child prostitutes - Prevention - United States |
Child prostitution - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Cover; Copyright; Contents; Author's Note; Prologue What Happens in Vegas; Part One Innocence Lost; 1. The Girl from Jersey; 2. High-Risk Victims; 3. Maria's Dilemma; 4. The Wealth of Knowledge; Part Two Confronting the Pimps; 5. Taking on Pimp Culture; 6. "He Was Untouchable"; 7. Takedown; 8. "She's Not Your Ho Anymore"; 9. "Like Attacking the Mafia"; 10. In the Dead of the Night; 11. "Judge People by Courage"; Part Three "Girls Are Not for Sale"; 12. Courtroom 18; 13. No Safe Haven; 14. Unequal Laws; 15. Finding Their Own Voice; 16. Making the Invisible Visible |
Epilogue "Caught in Between Two Worlds"Afterword; Acknowledgments; Resources for Help; Sources; Index; About the Author; Back Cover |
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They are America's forgotten children, the hundreds of thousands of child prostitutes who walk the Las Vegas Strip, the casinos of Atlantic City, the truck stops on interstates, and the street corners of our cities. Many people wrongly believe sex trafficking involves young women from foreign lands. In reality, the majority of teens caught in the sex trade are American girls--runaways and throwaways who become victims of ruthless pimps. In Somebody's Daughter |
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