Bibliograph

Renting Lacy, a story of America's prostituted children, by Lindy Smith with Cindy Coloma

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Renting Lacy, a story of America's prostituted children, by Lindy Smith with Cindy Coloma

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Renting Lacy

Oclc number

894576801

Responsibility statement

by Lindy Smith with Cindy Coloma

Sub title

a story of America's prostituted children

Summary

To millions of Americans, the trafficking of children for commercial sexual purposes only happens somewhere else - in Southeast Asia or Central America - not on main Street USA. Yet, it is abundantly clear that today at least 100,000 children are being used as commodities for sale or trade in cites across the nation. These kids are 21st Century slaves. They cannot walk away

Table Of Contents

Dreams on the track -- Prayers in the night -- Commentary -- How a child becomes a product -- First night out -- Commentary -- What is this exactly? -- Organizing crime -- Commentary -- Why is it in America? -- Boot camp -- Pimping lives -- Commentary -- How children get abducted -- What happens in Vegas, or Atlanta, or Kansas City or... -- Commentary -- How does it happen? -- Tears and lust -- Commentary -- Who buys a child? -- Keep on trucking -- Commentary -- Modernized slavery in the United States -- Defenders -- Commentary -- Who are the children trafficxked for sex? -- Victims made criminal -- Commentary -- What's happening in our legal system? -- Law without justice -- Commentary -- When I grow up -- Business as usual -- Commentary -- Why don't they leave? -- When love sneaks in -- Hope for America's children -- Next steps -- Shared Hope's initiative -- Additonal information and resources. The national report on domestic minor sex trafficking : America's prostituted children -- The protected innocence challenge -- Take action

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