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Trafficked children and youth in the United States : reimagining survivors / Elżbieta M. Goździak.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The Rutgers series in childhood studiesPublication details: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, (c)2016.Description: 1 online resource (182 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780813569710
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HQ144 .T734 2016
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
Introduction: Researching and Writing about Child Trafficking -- Part I Moral Panics -- 1. "Tidal Waves" of Trafficking -- 2. The Old and New Abolitionists -- Part II "Captured" -- 3. Snakeheads, Coyotes, and ... Mothers -- 4. Not Chained to a Bed in a Brothel -- Part III "Rescued" -- 5. Hidden in Plain Sight -- 6. Jail the Offender, Protect the Victim -- Part IV "Restored" -- 7. Idealized Childhoods -- 8. Healing the Wounded -- Epilogue: Everyday Struggles.
Subject: Drawing on interviews with 140 children from countries all over the globe, Elzbieta M. Gozdziak debunks the myths and uncovers the realities of trafficked children. Trafficked Children in the United States offers insight into how the children see themselves, contrasting their viewpoint with the institutional focus on vulnerability and pathology. Gozdziak concludes that the services provided by institutions are in effect a one-size-fits-all, trauma-based model, one that ignores the diversity of experience among trafficked children.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Prologue: Afong Means Strength -- Introduction: Researching and Writing about Child Trafficking -- Part I Moral Panics -- 1. "Tidal Waves" of Trafficking -- 2. The Old and New Abolitionists -- Part II "Captured" -- 3. Snakeheads, Coyotes, and ... Mothers -- 4. Not Chained to a Bed in a Brothel -- Part III "Rescued" -- 5. Hidden in Plain Sight -- 6. Jail the Offender, Protect the Victim -- Part IV "Restored" -- 7. Idealized Childhoods -- 8. Healing the Wounded -- Epilogue: Everyday Struggles.

Drawing on interviews with 140 children from countries all over the globe, Elzbieta M. Gozdziak debunks the myths and uncovers the realities of trafficked children. Trafficked Children in the United States offers insight into how the children see themselves, contrasting their viewpoint with the institutional focus on vulnerability and pathology. Gozdziak concludes that the services provided by institutions are in effect a one-size-fits-all, trauma-based model, one that ignores the diversity of experience among trafficked children.

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