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Gangs and Girls
Understanding Juvenile Prostitution
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Michel Dorais
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English
Published/Copyright:
2009
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Gangs and Girls is the first major piece of qualitative research specifically aimed at understanding and analyzing the involvement of street gangs in female juvenile prostitution. Organized around a number of direct central questions, Michel Dorais and Patrice Corriveau document how street gangs control the lucrative trade in underage girls.
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Dorais Michel :
Michel Dorais is professor of social work at the Université Laval. He spent many years as a clinical social worker and is the author of Don't Tell: The Sexual Abuse of Boys, Dead Boys Can't Dance: Sexual Orientation, Masculinity, and Suicide, and numerousMichel Dorais has spent many years working with victims of sexual abuse and juvenile prostitution as a clinical social worker and is now a professor of social work at Laval University in Quebec City. He is the author of ten books dealing with sexuality.
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Front Matter
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Contents
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Acknowledgments
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Preface
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Researching Gang-Organized Juvenile Prostitution: Contributions and Challenges
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Introduction
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What Is a Street Gang and How Is It Organized?
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What Motivates Boys to Join Street Gangs? How Do They Become Members?
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What Is the Status of Girls in Street Gangs?
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How Do Gangs Recruit Girls for Prostitution?
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What Is the Typical Profile of a Prostituted Girl?
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What Are the Characteristics of Street Gang-Controlled Prostitution Rings?
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Who Are the Clients of Juvenile Prostitution? Why Are They Interested in Minors?
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Why Is It So Difficult to Dismantle Juvenile Prostitution Rings?
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How Are Street Gangs Linked to Organized Crime?
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Why Is It Hard for Girls to Testify against Pimps and Clients?
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What After-Effects Do Prostituted Girls Experience?
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How Can These Girls Be Helped?
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How Can Girls Be Prevented from Getting into Prostitution?
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What about Prevention for Gang-Prone Boys?
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Conclusion
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Appendix One
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Appendix Two
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Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
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eBook published on:
January 19, 2009
eBook ISBN:
9780773575189
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
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192
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12 diagrams
eBook ISBN:
9780773575189
Audience(s) for this book
College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
