Sex trafficking of minors : overview, federal response and justice systems issues / Cara A. Saunders, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Saunders, Cara A., editor.

Series:

Children's issues, laws and programs series.

Children's issues, laws and programs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child trafficking--United States.

Child trafficking.

Child sex offenders--United States.

Child sex offenders.

Child sexual abuse--United States.

Child sexual abuse.

Child trafficking victims--Services for--United States.

Child trafficking victims.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (178 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The trafficking of individuals within U.S borders is commonly referred to as domestic human trafficking, and it occurs in every state of the nation. One form of domestic human trafficking is sex trafficking. Research indicates that most victims of sex trafficking into and within the United States are women and children, and the victims include U.S. citizens and noncitizens alike. Recently, Congress has focused attention on domestic sex trafficking, including the prostitution of children, which is the focus of this book. This book discusses the federal responses and justice system issues involv

Contents:

""SEX TRAFFICKING OF MINORS: OVERVIEW, FEDERAL RESPONSE AND JUSTICE SYSTEMS ISSUES""; ""SEX TRAFFICKING OF MINORS: OVERVIEW, FEDERAL RESPONSE AND JUSTICE SYSTEMS ISSUES""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1: Sex Trafficking of Children in the United States: Overview and Issues for Congress""; ""Summary""; ""Overview of Sex Trafficking of Children""; ""in the United States""; ""Conceptualizing Sex Trafficking of Children""; ""Sex Trafficking of Children: Vulnerable Populations""; ""Traffickers and Buyers""; ""Current Law""

""Federal Response to Sex Trafficking of Children""""Investigations of Child Sex Trafficking Offenses58""; ""Department of Justice (DOJ)""; ""Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Civil Rights Unit and Crimes against Children Unit""; ""Anti-Trafficking Task Forces""; ""ACT Task Forces""; ""Internet Crimes against Children (ICAC) Task Force Program76""; ""Department of Homeland Security (DHS)""; ""U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)""; ""Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center""; ""Services for Child Victims of Sex Trafficking""; ""Selected Issues""

""Funding and Authority to Assist U.S. Citizen and LPR Victims of Trafficking""""Resources for Trafficking Victims� Services""; ""Availability and Effectiveness of Services and Shelters""; ""Response by the Child Welfare System""; ""Trafficking Victims Treated as Criminals or Delinquents""; ""Reducing Demand for Minor Sex Trafficking in the United""; ""States""; ""Data on Victims and Perpetrators""; ""Appendix A. Selected Studies Measuring""; ""Sex Trafficking of Children""; ""Estes-Weiner Study""; ""National Juvenile Prostitution Study""; ""Shared Hope International Study""

""Ohio Trafficking in Persons Study Commission""""Prostitution of Juveniles: Patterns from the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)""; ""Appendix B. Trafficking Victim Services""; ""for Noncitizens""; ""Department of Justice (DOJ)""; ""Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)""; ""Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)""; ""Certification""; ""Victims� Services through the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)""; ""Rescue and Restore Victims of Human Trafficking Campaign""; ""Appendix C. Other Possible Federal Responses to Sex Trafficking of Minors""

""Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)""""Runaway and Homeless Youth Program197""; ""Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) and Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) Coordination""; ""Department of Justice (DOJ)""; ""Missing and Exploited Children�s Program203""; ""Violence against Women Act (VAWA) Programs210""; ""End Notes""; ""Chapter 2: Juvenile Victims of Domestic Sex Trafficking: Juvenile Justice Issues""; ""Summary""; ""Federal Conceptualization of Minors as Sex Trafficking Victims""; ""Variations in States� Conceptualization of Minors as Sex Trafficking Victims""

""Factors Impacting Criminalization""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 1, 2014).

ISBN:

1-63463-297-4

OCLC:

895661046