Runaway Kids and Teenage Prostitution [[electronic resource] ] : America's Lost, Abandoned, and Sexually Exploited Children

• Autore: Flowers R. Barri
• Pubblicazione: Santa Barbara, : ABC-CLIO, 2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (228 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.1534; 364.15340836
• Soggetto topico: Runaway teenagers -- United States; Teenage prostitution -- United States; Teenagers -- United States
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Runaway Kids and Teenage Prostitution
• ISBN: 1-282-40401-6; 9786612404016; 0-313-00305-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778428903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Contributions in Criminology & Penology, 54