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Trafficked Children and Youth in the United States: Reimagining Survivors
Elzbieta M. Gozdziak
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Trafficked children are portrayed by the media—and even by child welfare specialists—as hapless victims who are forced to migrate from a poor country to the United States, where they serve as sex slaves. But as Elzbieta M. Gozdziak reveals in Trafficked Children in the United States, the picture is far more complex. Basing her observations on research with 140 children, most of them girls, from countries all over the globe, Gozdziak debunks many myths and uncovers the realities of the captivity, rescue, and rehabilitation of trafficked children. She shows, for instance, that none of the girls and boys portrayed in ... Read more
Trafficked children are portrayed by the media—and even by child welfare specialists—as hapless victims who are forced to migrate from a poor country to the United States, where they serve as sex slaves. But as Elzbieta M. Gozdziak reveals in Trafficked Children in the United States, the picture is far more complex. Basing her observations on research with 140 children, most of them girls, from countries all over the globe, Gozdziak debunks many myths and uncovers the realities of the captivity, rescue, and rehabilitation of trafficked children. She shows, for instance, that none of the girls and boys portrayed in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
Series
Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies
Number of Pages
194
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813569703
SKU
V9780813569703
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About Elzbieta M. Gozdziak
ELZBIETA M. GOZDZIAK is the professor of research at the Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. She was formerly the editor of the journal International Migration and is co-editor of three books including Children and Migration: At the Crossroads of Resiliency and Vulnerability.
Reviews for Trafficked Children and Youth in the United States: Reimagining Survivors
"This is a thoughtful and important book about victims of child trafficking. Its strength lies in the juxtaposition of programmatic responses to trafficking with child survivors’ own perceptions of their experiences and needs."
Alicia Peters
University of New England
"This highly readable, informative text recounts the story of 140 trafficked children as well as the history of ... Read more
Alicia Peters
University of New England
"This highly readable, informative text recounts the story of 140 trafficked children as well as the history of ... Read more