Holly Austin Smith

Walking Prey (eBook, ePUB)

How America's Youth Are Vulnerable to Sex Slavery

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Today, two cultural forces are converging to make America's youth easy targets for sex traffickers. Younger and younger girls are engaging in adult sexual attitudes and practices, and the pressure to conform means thousands have little self-worth and are vulnerable to exploitation. At the same time, thanks to social media, texting, and chatting services, predators are able to ferret out their victims more easily than ever before. In Walking Prey, advocate and former victim Holly Austin Smith shows how middle class suburban communities are fast becoming the new epicenter of sex trafficking in America. Smith speaks from experience: Without consistent positive guidance or engagement, Holly was ripe for exploitation at age fourteen. A chance encounter with an older man led her to run away from home, and she soon found herself on the streets of Atlantic City. Her experience led her, two decades later, to become one of the foremost advocates for trafficking victims. Smith argues that these young women should be treated as victims by law enforcement, but that too often the criminal justice system lacks the resources and training to prevent the vicious cycle of prostitution. This is a clarion call to take a sharp look at one of the most striking human rights abuses, and one that is going on in our own backyard.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: St. Martin's Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. März 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137437693
• Artikelnr.: 40563198

Autorenporträt

Holly Austin Smith

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue
Introduction
1. Individual Risk Factors
2. Community Risk Factors
3. The Willing Victim
4. Advertising to Children and Teens
5. Negative Messages in Popular Culture
6. Violence Against Women
7. The Buyers
8. Control and Violence
9. The Rules of Trafficking
10. The Rescue
11. Immediate Aftercare for CSEC Victims
12. Intermediate and Long-term Aftercare
13. Action and Advocacy
Epilogue
Appendix A: Resources for Parents of Victims
Appendix B: Tips for Law Enforcement and Other First Responders
Appendix C: 10 Tips for Teens for Protection against Traffickers
Appendix D: 10 Tips for Parents to Protect your Children from Predators
Appendix E: 10 Tips for Elementary School Teachers and Counselors
Appendix F: 10 Tips for Middle School Teachers and Counselors
Appendix G: Psychiatric Evaluation Screening Services #1
Appendix H: Psychiatric Evaluation Screening Services #2
Appendix I: Discharge Summary
Appendix J: Short Stay Discharge Summary