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UNINA9910828269603321 |
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Autore |
Flowers R. Barri |
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Titolo |
Runaway Kids and Teenage Prostitution : America's Lost, Abandoned, and Sexually Exploited Children |
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Santa Barbara, : ABC-CLIO, 2001 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-40401-6 |
9786612404016 |
0-313-00305-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (228 p.) |
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Collana |
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Contributions in Criminology & Penology, 54 ; ; v.No. 54 |
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Soggetti |
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Runaway teenagers -- United States |
Teenage prostitution -- United States |
Teenagers -- 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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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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