Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, Paperback by Bang, Brandy; Baker,...

by Bang, Brandy; Baker, Paige L.; Carpinteri, Alexis; Van Hasselt, V

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Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, Paperback by Bang, Brandy; Baker, Paige L.; Carpinteri, Alexis; Van Hasselt, Vincent B., ISBN 3319018779, ISBN-13 9783319018775, Used Good Condition, Free shipping in the US The commercial exploitation of children is a global crisis (Rahman, 2011; Svensson, 2006). However, media outlets and sociological researchers have successfully situated the problem as a primarily Asian, South American, or Eastern European concern. In the process, the exploitation of children in the United States has largely been ignored. The continued trafficking of international youth into this country, coupled with the growing rate at which American born children are targeted by interstate sex traffickers, speaks to the urgency with which the domestic exploitation of children must be addressed (Walker-Rodriguez Hill, 2011). In fact, research suggests that an average of 250,000 American children and adolescents are at risk of commercial exploitation each year (Estes Weiner, 2001). Further, there are indications that current data vastly underestimate the actual numbers of vulnerable and victimized youth (Chase Statham, 2005). According to the . Department of Justice (2007), no systematic efforts have been made to examine the commercial exploitation of children in this country. The low visibilities of the crime, combined with the inherent vulnerability of the victims, have facilitated the continued victimization of these children. The purpose of this book is to

• ISBN: 9783319018775
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