A girl's path to prostitution : linking caregiver adversity to child susceptibility

A girl's path to prostitution : linking caregiver adversity to child susceptibility / Joan A. Reid.

Although the Trafficking Victims Protection Act defined girls exploited in prostitution as child sex trafficking victims, these youth are often misidentified and marginalized. Due to victim inaccessibility, emergent research regarding the problem lacks theoretical framing or sufficient data for quan...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Reid, Joan A., 1961-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub., ©2012.
Series:Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Subjects:
Teenage prostitution.
Teenage girls > Sexual behavior.
Human trafficking > Prevention.
PSYCHOLOGY > Human Sexuality.
SELF-HELP > Sexual Instruction.
Teenage girls > Sexual behavior
Teenage prostitution
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Table of Contents:
  • Child sex trafficking in the United States
  • Developing explanations of victimization in child sex trafficking
  • Applying theoretical models : gendered pathways and general strain theory
  • A strain-reactive pathway to victimization in child sex trafficking in prostitution
  • Exploring vulnerability across multiple types of child maltreatment
  • Moving forward with new strategies for prevention and intervention.

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