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Gangs and GirlsUnderstanding Juvenile Prostitution |
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Understanding and preventing gang-organized juvenile prostitution.
Gangs and Girls is the first major piece of qualitative research specifically aimed at understanding and analyzing the involvement of street gangs in female juvenile prostitution. Organized around a number of direct central questions, Michel Dorais and Patrice Corriveau document how street gangs control the lucrative trade in underage girls.
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.
The ultimate focus is on prevention: the authors provide essential tools for parents and those trying to help adolescents in peril, support and intervention strategies for practitioners, and the tools and information necessary for policy makers to reflect on and design innovative social policy.
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.
The ultimate focus is on prevention: the authors provide essential tools for parents and those trying to help adolescents in peril, support and intervention strategies for practitioners, and the tools and information necessary for policy makers to reflect on and design innovative social policy.
Details
192 Pages, 6 x 9
12 diagrams
ISBN 9780773534421
January 2009
Formats: Paperback, eBook
"[The author's] critique of the justice system should be mandatory reading for prosecutors and defence lawyers, and might, if heeded, bring about more effective prosecutions of pimps and gang leaders." The Globe & Mail
"Gangs and Girls: Understanding Juvenile Prostitution by Michel Dorais and Patrice Corriveau provides an insightful, multifaceted ethnographic account of gang-controlled youth prostitution... This volume also provides insightful recommendations for prevention, deterrence, and harm reduction strategies, making it an important contribution for informing public policy initiatives." Canadian Sociological Association
"Gangs and Girls: Understanding Juvenile Prostitution by Michel Dorais and Patrice Corriveau provides an insightful, multifaceted ethnographic account of gang-controlled youth prostitution... This volume also provides insightful recommendations for prevention, deterrence, and harm reduction strategies, making it an important contribution for informing public policy initiatives." Canadian Sociological Association
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.
Cecilia Benoit is Professor of Sociology at the University of Victoria.
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.
Cecilia Benoit is Professor of Sociology at the University of Victoria.
Gangs and Girls
Michel Dorais and Patrice Corriveau
Table of Contents
vii
Preface ix
Foreword Researching Gang-Organized Juvenile
Prostitution: Contributions and Challenges
Cécilia Benoit xiii
Introduction 3
1 What Is a Street Gang and How Is It Organized? 7
2 What Motivates Boys to Join Street Gangs? How Do They Become Members? 17
3 What Is the Status of Girls in Street Gangs? 27
4 How Do Gangs Recruit Girls for Prostitution? 35
5 What Is the Typical Profile of a Prostituted Girl? 46
6 What Are the Characteristics of Street Gang-Controlled Prostitution Rings? 59
7 Who Are the Clients of Juvenile Prostitution? Why Are They Interested in Minors? 66
8 Why Is It So Difficult to Dismantle Juvenile Prostitution Rings? 78
9 How Are Street Gangs Linked to Organized Crime? 80
10 Why Is It Hard for Girls to Testify against Pimps and Clients? 85
11 What After-Effects Do Prostituted Girls Experience? 91
12 How Can These Girls Be Helped? 97
13 How Can Girls Be Prevented from Getting into Prostitution? 105
14 What about Prevention for Gang-Prone Boys? 113
Conclusion 126
Appendices
1 Juvenile Prostitution, the Criminal Code, and the Justice System in Canada 133
2 Study Methodology 137
Notes 139
Bibliography 145
Index 163
Michel Dorais and Patrice Corriveau
Table of Contents
vii
Preface ix
Foreword Researching Gang-Organized Juvenile
Prostitution: Contributions and Challenges
Cécilia Benoit xiii
Introduction 3
1 What Is a Street Gang and How Is It Organized? 7
2 What Motivates Boys to Join Street Gangs? How Do They Become Members? 17
3 What Is the Status of Girls in Street Gangs? 27
4 How Do Gangs Recruit Girls for Prostitution? 35
5 What Is the Typical Profile of a Prostituted Girl? 46
6 What Are the Characteristics of Street Gang-Controlled Prostitution Rings? 59
7 Who Are the Clients of Juvenile Prostitution? Why Are They Interested in Minors? 66
8 Why Is It So Difficult to Dismantle Juvenile Prostitution Rings? 78
9 How Are Street Gangs Linked to Organized Crime? 80
10 Why Is It Hard for Girls to Testify against Pimps and Clients? 85
11 What After-Effects Do Prostituted Girls Experience? 91
12 How Can These Girls Be Helped? 97
13 How Can Girls Be Prevented from Getting into Prostitution? 105
14 What about Prevention for Gang-Prone Boys? 113
Conclusion 126
Appendices
1 Juvenile Prostitution, the Criminal Code, and the Justice System in Canada 133
2 Study Methodology 137
Notes 139
Bibliography 145
Index 163
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