Somebody's daughter
Subtitle: the hidden story of America's prostituted children and the battle to save them
By: Julian Sher
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 341
ISBN-13: 9781569765654
Subjects: Prevention; Child prostitutes
Description: Exposes the problem of child prostitution in the United States, sharing stories of American girls caught in the sex trafficking trade, and introduces police officers and activists who are trying to protect and rescue these young victims.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Innocence lost; title: The girl from Jersey; title: High-risk victims; title: Maria's dilemma; title: The wealth of knowledge; title: Confronting the pimps; title: Taking on pimp culture; title: "He was untouchable"; title: Takedown; title: "She's not your ho anymore"; title: "Like attacking the mafia"; title: In the dead of the night; title: "Judge people by courage"; title: "Girls are not for sale"; title: Courtroom 18; title: No safe haven; title: Unequal laws; title: Finding their own voice; title: Making the invisible visible; title: Epilogue : "Caught in between two worlds".