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Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking
Susan C. Mapp
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Description for Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking
hardcover. This text integrates knowledge on DMST from the scholarly literature with interviews with those working directly in the field. Interviews with survivors, social workers, psychologists, law enforcement professionals, and others help educate the reader as to why and how this crime occurs, how to fight it, and how to help survivors recover. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE2; JFMX; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 352.
Human trafficking is a thriving and growing business; by some estimates it is second only to drug trafficking as the most profitable illegal industry in the world. The first comprehensive study of the practice of Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking (DMST) was conducted in 2006 and found that anywhere from 100,000 to 300,000 American children fit this unfortunate definition. And yet, to date, this topic has been largely overlooked or included as a footnote in larger studies on global human trafficking. Pulling together scholarly information from diverse fields including social work, psychology, and biology, Susan Mapp explores the particular risk ... Read more
Human trafficking is a thriving and growing business; by some estimates it is second only to drug trafficking as the most profitable illegal industry in the world. The first comprehensive study of the practice of Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking (DMST) was conducted in 2006 and found that anywhere from 100,000 to 300,000 American children fit this unfortunate definition. And yet, to date, this topic has been largely overlooked or included as a footnote in larger studies on global human trafficking. Pulling together scholarly information from diverse fields including social work, psychology, and biology, Susan Mapp explores the particular risk ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PR United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199300600
SKU
V9780199300600
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About Susan C. Mapp
Susan Mapp, PhD, MSSW, Professor, heads the Social Work Department at Elizabethtown College. She has written two books in the area of human rights: Human Rights and Social Justice in a Global Perspective: An Introduction to International Social Work and Global Child Welfare and Well-Being. She is the author of numerous book chapters and peer-reviewed articles on a variety of ... Read more
Reviews for Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking
This book is not a plan for eradicating domestic minor sex trafficking, but rather a serious synopsis of defining the crime and the potential for long-term change in society to protect children. Mapp provides essential reading for educators, clinicians, criminal justiceprofessionals, families, and communities interested in understanding the problem of exploitation of children's rights and the consequences of such crimes. ... Read more