Sex Trafficking in the United States

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Andrea J. Nichols is professor of sociology at St. Louis Community College at Forest Park and lecturer in women, gender, and sexuality studies at Washington University in St. Louis. She is the author of a number of articles and books and coeditor of Social Work Practice with Survivors of Sex Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation (Columbia, 2018).

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This book is a comprehensive and accessible overview of sex trafficking in the United States, examining its underlying dynamics and sharing key research findings.

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Preface
Part I. Contemporary Debates of Theory, Research, and Policy

1. Sex Trafficking: An Introduction
2. Theoretical Perspectives and the Politics of Sex Trafficking
3. Pornography
4. Commercial Sex Policies
   Part II. The Dynamics of Sex Trafficking in the United States
5. Survivors
6. Traffickers
7. Sex Trafficking Operations
8. Buyers
   Part III. Responses to Sex Trafficking
9. Criminal Justice System Responses
10. Social Services and Health-Care Responses
11. The Anti-Sex-Trafficking Movement in the United States
12. New Directions
    References
    Index