Somebody's daughter : the hidden story of America's prostituted children and the battle to save them

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Somebody's daughter : the hidden story of America's prostituted children and the battle to save them

Title remainder

the hidden story of America's prostituted children and the battle to save them

Statement of responsibility

Julian Sher

Title variation

Somebodys daughter

Title variation remainder

the hidden story of Americas prostituted children and the battle to save them

Creator

• Sher, Julian, 1953-
• trueSher, Julian, 1953-

Subject

• Child prostitutes -- United States -- Prevention
• trueChild prostitution -- United States -- Case studies
• trueChild trafficking
• trueExploitation
• trueHuman trafficking
• trueCanadian literature
• Child prostitutes -- United States
• trueProstitution
• trueSex industry and trade
• trueSociety and culture -- Sex and sexuality | Sex industry
• trueSociety and culture -- Violence and crime

Genre

• trueCanadian literature
• trueCase studies
• trueSociety and culture

Language

eng

Summary

"The sex trade is the new drug trade," writes Sher (Caught in the Web), who draws attention to the 300,000 American minors trafficked and prostituted each year in his thorough, deeply affecting study. Scaffolding his arguments on the narratives of two such children--Maria, a former prostitute "turned out" at the age of 13, and Felicia, who became involved with her pimp at 14--Sher follows how young people, frequently runaways, find themselves in the clutches of predatory adults. He introduces the reader to the networks of rescue organizations that offer succor and the law enforcement agencies that too frequently victimize the children further, prosecuting prostitutes rather than their pimps or johns. He also studies how representations of pimping in pop culture (from Grand Theft Auto IV to rapper Ice-T's film Pimpin') normalize--even glamorize--exploitation. - Publishers Weekly

Tone

• trueReflective
• trueDisturbing
• trueSobering

Writing style

• trueThoughtful

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

364.15/34092273

Index

index present

LC call number

HQ144

LC item number

.S54 2011

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult