| Gangs and Girls: Understanding Juvenile Prostitution Contributor(s): Dorais, Michel (Author), Corriveau, Patrice (Author) |
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ISBN: 0773534423 ISBN-13: 9780773534421 Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2009 Annotation: They discuss how young men are drawn to gang life, how young girls become attracted and attached to the gang members who eventually sell them into prostitution, and why it is so hard to infiltrate and dismantle the distinct but interrelated worlds of the procurer, victim, and client. Rooted firmly in first person testimony, this research deepens our understanding of juvenile prostitution by identifying and exploring the types of motivations and circumstances that lead teenagers into prostitution rings. The ultimate focus is on prevention: the authors provide essential tools for parents and those trying to help adolescents in peril, support and intervention strategies for practitioners, and the tools and information necessary for policy makers to reflect on and design innovative social policy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Criminology - Psychology | Human Sexuality (see Also Social Science - Human Sexuality) - Law | Criminal Law - Juvenile Offenders |
| Dewey: 306.745 |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 5.1" W x 7.98" (0.43 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 'Gangs and Girls' is a major piece of qualitative research specifically aimed at understanding and analyzing the involvement of street gangs in female juvenile prostitution. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dorais, Michel: - CA |
