Child exploitation and trafficking : examining the global challenges and U.S. responses /

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, pr...

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Main Author: Kendall, Virginia M., 1962-
Other Authors: Funk, T. Markus
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2012.
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Table of 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?