Child exploitation and trafficking : examining the global challenges and U.S. responses / / Virginia M. Kendall and T. Markus Funk.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Kendall, Virginia M., 1962-
• TeilnehmendeR: Funk, T. Markus.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xxi, 421 p. :; ill., forms

Table of Contents

Surveying the scope of the problem -- The broad descriptive challenge -- Appreciating the human trafficking problem and its enforcement challenges -- Synchronized abuse : the impact of international organized crime groups on child trafficking and other forms of sexual exploitation -- Public corruption as the silent partner to child sexual exploitation -- Federal statutes targeting child exploitation -- Finding the world's voice : international instruments targeting the sexual exploitation of children -- Investigating child exploitation cases -- The syndicate and the scholar : examining the anatomy of the prosecution of University of Chicago pediatrician Dr. H. Marc Watzman -- The challenge of transnational investigations -- Victim witness protection in child exploitation cases -- The difficult defense : surveying the most common issues when representing individuals accused of child exploitation -- Overview of selected trial issues -- Sentencing considerations in sexual exploitation cases : does anything work?