Conceptualizing juvenile prostitution as child maltreatment: Findings from the national juvenile prostitution study

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-36

  Mitchell, Kimberly J ^a   Finkelhor, David ^a   Wolak, Janis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Criminal justice system; Juvenile prostitution; Law enforcement; Typology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CRIME; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTITUTION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CRIME; CRIMINAL LAW; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTITUTION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75649112990     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: 15526119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559509349443     Document Type: Article

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