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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flowers, R. Barri.

Series:

Contributions in Criminology & Penology, 54

Contributions in Criminology & Penology, 54 ; v.No. 54

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Runaway teenagers--United States.

Teenage prostitution--United States.

Teenagers--United States.

Local Subjects:

Runaway teenagers--United States.

Teenage prostitution--United States.

Teenagers--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (228 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara : ABC-CLIO, 2001.

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786612404016

9781282404014

1282404016

9780313003059

031300305X

OCLC:

610008933