Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children

• Main Authors: Bang, Brandy (Author), Baker, Paige L. (Author), Carpinteri, Alexis (Author), Van Hasselt, Vincent B. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Psychology,
• Subjects: Psychology.; Child psychology.; School psychology.; Psychology > Methodology.; Psychological measurement.; Sexual behavior.; Sexual psychology.; Psychological Methods/Evaluation.; Sexual Behavior.; Child and School Psychology.

Biological, psychological, and environmental risk factors leave children and adolescents vulnerable to corruption, coercion, and violence, as in cases of young people being trafficked and sexually exploited. While the public tends to associate such abuses with far-off locales, the numbers of America...