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Author Kendall, Virginia M., 1962-

Title Child exploitation and trafficking : examining the global challenges and U.S. responses / Virginia M. Kendall and T. Markus Funk
Published Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 421 pages) : illustrations
Contents Surveying the scope of the problem -- The broad descriptive challenge -- Appreciating the human trafficking problem and its enforcement challenges -- Synchronized abuse : the impact of international organized crime groups on child trafficking and other forms of sexual exploitation -- Public corruption as the silent partner to child sexual exploitation -- Federal statutes targeting child exploitation -- Finding the world's voice : international instruments targeting the sexual exploitation of children -- Investigating child exploitation cases -- The syndicate and the scholar : examining the anatomy of the prosecution of University of Chicago pediatrician Dr. H. Marc Watzman -- The challenge of transnational investigations -- Victim witness protection in child exploitation cases -- The difficult defense : surveying the most common issues when representing individuals accused of child exploitation -- Overview of selected trial issues -- Sentencing considerations in sexual exploitation cases : does anything work?
Summary This book covers the history and present-day realities of the epidemic of child sexual exploitation and the law enforcement efforts to combat it. Written from the perspective of those who have spent their careers investigating, prosecuting, and adjudicating these cases, the authors provide fresh, practical thinking to this challenging legal area
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Child trafficking victims -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States
Child trafficking -- United States
Child trafficking -- Investigation -- United States
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Philanthropy & Charity.
LAW -- Criminal Law -- General.
Child trafficking -- Investigation
Child trafficking
United States
Genre/Form dissertations.
Academic theses
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Form Electronic book
Author Funk, T. Markus
LC no. 2011033711
ISBN 9781442209824
1442209828
1283362236
9781283362238
9786613362230
6613362239