Fighting the Us Youth Sex Trade: Gender, Race, and Politics

ISBN-13: 9781316649619 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 270 str.

Carrie N. Baker

Opis

A history of activism against the commercial sexual exploitation of American youth from the 1970s to 2015.

Recenzje

'Fighting the US Youth Sex Trade's strength lies in its rich historical trace of the social movements regarding the child sex trade. The text accomplishes its goal of understanding the various social movements, the activists involved, and how policy was created as a result of activism.' Summer Shuford, Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. 'My God! If only I could get out of here': roots of contemporary movements to fight the US youth sex trade; 2. 'Teeny hookers' and the 'chicken hawk trade': organizing against juvenile prostitution in the 1970s; 3. Survivor activism and global connections: the US campaign against commercial sexual exploitation of children in the 1990s; 4. 'Our daughters' in danger: leveraging the anti-trafficking framework in the early 2000s; 5. To rescue or empower: building a collaborative adversarial movement; 6. 'Locked in like a dog in a kennel': challenging the criminal justice and child welfare systems; 7. 'Quick fixes and good versus evil responses': criticisms of the movement; Conclusion: ending the US youth sex trade?