Somebody's Daughter : The Hidden Story of America's Prostituted Children and the Battle to Save Them

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sher, Julian.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child prostitutes--United States.

Child prostitution--United States--Prevention.

Child prostitution--United States.

Child prostitutes.

Child prostitutes--Prevention--United States.

Child prostitution.

Local Subjects:

Child prostitutes--United States.

Child prostitution--United States--Prevention.

Child prostitution--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (354 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oakland : Chicago Review Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

They are America's forgotten children, the hundreds of thousands of child prostitutes who walk the Las Vegas Strip, the casinos of Atlantic City, the truck stops on interstates, and the street corners of our cities. Many people wrongly believe sex trafficking involves young women from foreign lands. In reality, the majority of teens caught in the sex trade are American girls--runaways and throwaways who become victims of ruthless pimps. In Somebody's Daughter

Contents:

Front Cover; Copyright; Contents; Author's Note; Prologue What Happens in Vegas; Part One Innocence Lost; 1. The Girl from Jersey; 2. High-Risk Victims; 3. Maria's Dilemma; 4. The Wealth of Knowledge; Part Two Confronting the Pimps; 5. Taking on Pimp Culture; 6. "He Was Untouchable"; 7. Takedown; 8. "She's Not Your Ho Anymore"; 9. "Like Attacking the Mafia"; 10. In the Dead of the Night; 11. "Judge People by Courage"; Part Three "Girls Are Not for Sale"; 12. Courtroom 18; 13. No Safe Haven; 14. Unequal Laws; 15. Finding Their Own Voice; 16. Making the Invisible Visible

Epilogue "Caught in Between Two Worlds"Afterword; Acknowledgments; Resources for Help; Sources; Index; About the Author; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-61374-934-1

OCLC:

829179226