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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828269603321

Autore

Flowers R. Barri

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, : ABC-CLIO, 2001

ISBN

1-282-40401-6

9786612404016

0-313-00305-X

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