It can't happen in my backyard: The commercial sexual exploitation of girls in the United States

Child and Youth Services

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 138-156

  Rand, April ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercial sexual exploitation; Domestic minor sex trafficking; Human trafficking; Sex trafficking

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052064292     PISSN: 0145935X     EISSN: 15452298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0145935X.2009.524480     Document Type: Article

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