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Gangs and Girls

Understanding Juvenile Prostitution

by (author) Michel Dorais & Patrice Corriveau

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Jan 2009
Category
General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780773534414
    Publish Date
    Jan 2009
    List Price
    $110.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780773534421
    Publish Date
    Jan 2009
    List Price
    $34.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773577626
    Publish Date
    Jan 2009
    List Price
    $29.95

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They discuss how young men are drawn to gang life, how young girls become attracted and attached to the gang members who eventually sell them into prostitution, and why it is so hard to infiltrate and dismantle the distinct but interrelated worlds of the procurer, victim, and client. Rooted firmly in first person testimony, this research deepens our understanding of juvenile prostitution by identifying and exploring the types of motivations and circumstances that lead teenagers into prostitution rings.

About the authors

Michel Dorais has spent many years working with victims of sexual abuse and juvenile prostitution as a clinical social worker and is now a professor of social work at Laval University in Quebec City. He is the author of ten books dealing with sexuality.Patrice Corriveau is assistant professor in the Department of Criminology, University of Ottawa and the author of La répression juridique des homosexuels au Québec et en France.

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Patrice Corriveau is assistant professor in the Department of Criminology, University of Ottawa and the author of La répression juridique des homosexuels au Québec et en France.

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