| Edition |
1st paperback ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
With an updated afterword by the author. |
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Includes index. |
| 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.<P style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormal> In Somebody's Daughter: The Hidden Story of America's Prostituted Children and the Battle to Save Them, meet the girls who are fighting for their dignity, the cops who are trying to rescue them, and the community activists battling to protect the nation's most forsaken children. Author Julian Sher takes you behind the scenes to expose one of America's most underreported crimes: A girl from New Jersey gets arrested in Las Vegas and, at great risk to her own life, helps the FBI take down a million-dollar pimping empire. An abused teenager in Texas has the courage to take the stand in a grueling trial that sends her pimp away for 75 years. Survivors of the sex trade in New York, Phoenix, and Minneapolis set up shelters and rescue centers that offer young girls a chance to break free from the streets. The sex trade is the new drug trade, says one FBI special agent, and Somebody's Daughter is a call to action, shining a light on America's dirty little secret. |
| 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. |
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Epilogue "Caught in Between Two Worlds"Afterword; Acknowledgments; Resources for Help; Sources; Index; About the Author; Back Cover. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Child prostitutes -- United States.
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Child prostitutes. |
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United States. |
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Child prostitution -- United States.
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Child prostitution. |
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Child prostitution -- United States -- Prevention.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sher, Julian, 1953- Somebody's daughter. 1st paperback ed. Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, 2013 9781613748084 (DLC) 2012039333 (OCoLC)812068090 |
| ISBN |
9781613749340 (electronic book) |
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1613749341 (electronic book) |
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9781613748084 |
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1613748086 |
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9781569765654 |
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1569765650 |
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