A girl's path to prostitution : linking caregiver adversity to child susceptibility /

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Author / Creator:	Reid, Joan A., 1961-
Imprint:	El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub., ©2012.
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 194 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Criminal justice : recent scholarship Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Subject:	Teenage prostitution. Teenage girls -- Sexual behavior. Human trafficking -- Prevention. Teenage girls -- Sexual behavior. Teenage prostitution. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11149346

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ISBN:	9781593325282 1593325282 9781593324834 1593324839
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	Although the Trafficking Victims Protection Act defined girls exploited in prostitution as child sex trafficking victims, these youth are often misidentified and marginalized. Due to victim inaccessibility, emergent research regarding the problem lacks theoretical framing or sufficient data for quantitative analysis. This study assesses an intergenerational path from caregiver adversity to child exploitation in prostitution drawn from Agnew's general strain theory using structural equation modeling. Findings supported the hypotheses, revealing that highly stressed mothers were more likely to a.
Other form:	Print version: Reid, Joan A., 1961- Girl's path to prostitution. El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub., ©2012

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