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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825414103321

Autore

Kendall Virginia M. <1962->

Titolo

Child exploitation and trafficking : examining global enforcement and supply chain challenges, and U.S. responses / / Virginia M. Kendall and T. Markus Funk ; foreword by Richard A. Posner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, [Maryland] : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-4422-6480-2

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (557 pages)

Disciplina

345.73/0253

Soggetti

Child trafficking victims - Legal status, laws, etc - United States

Human trafficking - Law and legislation - United States

Human trafficking - Investigation - United States

Child sexual abuse - United States - Prevention

Child trafficking victims - Legal status, laws, etc

Human trafficking - Investigation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Surveying the scope of the sexual exploitation problem -- The broad descriptive challenge in sexual exploitation cases -- Appreciating the human trafficking tragedy : and its enforcement challenges -- Landmark anti-trafficking laws and regulations herald the new compliance reality for today's companies -- Synchronized abuse : the impact of international organized crime groups on child trafficking and other forms of sexual exploitation -- Public corruption as the silent partner to child sexual exploitation -- Federal statutes targeting child exploitation -- Finding the world's voice : international instruments targeting the sexual exploitation of children -- Investigating child exploitation cases -- The syndicate and the scholar : examining the anatomy of the prosecution of University of Chicago pediatrician Dr. H. Marc Watzman -- The challenge of transnational investigations -- Addressing special issues in the fight against human trafficking -- Victim witness protection in child exploitation cases -- The difficult defense : surveying the most common issues when



representing individuals accused of child exploitation -- Overview of selected trial issues -- Sentencing considerations in sexual exploitation cases : does anything work?