Sex Trafficking in the United States - Theory, Research, Policy, and Practice

This book is a comprehensive and accessible overview of sex trafficking in the United States, examining its underlying dynamics and sharing key research findings.

List of contents

Preface
Part I. Contemporary Debates of Theory, Research, and Policy
1. Sex Trafficking: An Introduction
2. Theoretical Perspectives and the Politics of Sex Trafficking
3. Pornography
4. Commercial Sex Policies
Part II. The Dynamics of Sex Trafficking in the United States
5. Survivors
6. Traffickers
7. Sex Trafficking Operations
8. Buyers
Part III. Responses to Sex Trafficking
9. Criminal Justice System Responses
10. Social Services and Health-Care Responses
11. The Anti-Sex-Trafficking Movement in the United States
12. New Directions
References
Index

About the author

Andrea J. Nichols is professor of sociology at St. Louis Community College at Forest Park and lecturer in women, gender, and sexuality studies at Washington University in St. Louis. She is the author of a number of articles and books and coeditor of Social Work Practice with Survivors of Sex Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation (Columbia, 2018).

Summary

This book is a comprehensive and accessible overview of sex trafficking in the United States, examining its underlying dynamics and sharing key research findings.

Product details

• Authors: Andrea Nichols, Andrea (Professor of Sociology Nichols
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.11.2024
• EAN: 9780231202824
• ISBN: 978-0-231-20282-4
• No. of pages: 432
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, Social Science, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sexual Abuse & Harassment, Sexual abuse & harassment, Migration, immigration & emigration, Human trafficking, Social issues & processes, United States of America, USA, Ethical issues & debates, Sexual abuse and harassment, Sex and sexuality, social aspects, Crime & criminology, Sexual Behaviour, Ethical issues and debates, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Sexuality, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Trafficking