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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reid, Joan A., 1961-

Series:

Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)

Criminal justice : recent scholarship

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teenage prostitution.

Teenage girls--Sexual behavior.

Teenage girls.

Human trafficking--Prevention.

Human trafficking.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub., c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 quantitative analysis. This study assesses an intergenerational path from caregiver adversity to child exploitation in prostitution drawn from Agnew's general strain theory using structural equation modeling. Findings supported the hypotheses, revealing that highly stressed mothers were more likely to a

Contents:

Acknowledgements

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

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781593325282

1593325282

OCLC:

787842787