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946991
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b701361
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Flowers, R. Barri, (Ronald Barri)
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| Title & Author
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Runaway kids and teenage prostitution : : America's lost, abandoned, and sexually exploited children /\ R. Barri Flowers.
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| Publication Statement
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Westport, CT :: Greenwood Press,, 2001.
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| Series Statement
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Contributions in criminology and penology,; no. 54
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1 online resource (xiv, 212 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0313000824
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: 031300305X
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0275973425
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0313314926
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9780275973421
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9780313314926
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-200) and index.
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| Contents
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PART I: THE DYNAMICS OF RUNNING AWAY: The scope of runaway youth -- The extent of throwaway kids -- Runaways, arrest, and the police -- Why teens run away from home -- The perils for the teenage runaway -- Theoretical approaches to running away and teenage prostitution -- Policy, practice, and response to runaway and prostitution involved teens -- PART II: THE DYNAMICS OF TEENAGE PROSTITUTION: The nature of teenage prostitution -- Teen prostitutes, arrest, and the criminal justice system -- Girl prostitution -- The pimp's role in teenage prostitution -- Boy prostitution -- PART III: CORRELATES OF RUNNING AWAY AND TEENAGE PROSTITUTION: Child sexual abuse -- Child pornography -- PART IV: THE LAW AND COMBATING TEENAGE PROSTITUTION: Laws and the prostitution of teenagers -- PART V: RUNAWAY YOUTH AND PROSTITUTION TEENS IN OTHER COUNTRIES: Runaways and teenage prostitution globally.
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| Abstract
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This concise and accessible new text examines the correlations between runaway children and teenage prostitution in the United States from a criminological, sociological, and psychological perspective. The author takes a systematic approach to defining and describing the differences between youth who run away from home and those who leave institutional settings and distinguishes the difference between runaway and throwaway children. A careful examination of teenage prostitution among girls and boys helps to illuminate the special problems faced by children who have run away. In addition, the a.
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Runaway teenagers-- United States.
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Teenage prostitution-- United States.
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Adolescentes fugueuses-- États-Unis.
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Adolescents fugueurs-- États-Unis.
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Prostitution juvénile-- États-Unis.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Security.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Services Welfare.
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Runaway teenagers.
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Teenage prostitution.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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362.74
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| LC Classification
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HV1431.F58 2001eb
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