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Author: Andrea J Nichols
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.553kg
ISBN: 9780231172622
ISBN 10: 0231172621
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 23 August 2016
Audience:
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Language: English
Reviews
Nichols provides a comprehensive and clear overview of sex trafficking in the United States, skillfully exploring the intersecting and complex challenges of theory and practice. This book is an outstanding resource for teaching. -- Lauren Martin, University of Minnesota Finally, there is an ideal option for educators seeking a comprehensive text on this complex topic. Andrea J. Nichols delivers a well-organized book that analyzes the theories explaining sex trafficking today, carefully considers the impassioned discourse surrounding sex trafficking policy, and draws on solid empirical research from beginning to end. -- Joan A. Reid, University of South Florida St. Petersburg Nichols exposes the reality of sex trafficking and offers a comprehensive view of challenging perspectives, engaging the audience to take action toward prevention. -- Juliana Huard, University of Massachusetts A well-organized introduction to the landscape of sex trafficking in the United States that addresses the complexity of the issue, the competing narratives, and some of the challenges faced by survivors. -- Natalie Jesionka, Rutgers University
A well-organized introduction to the landscape of sex trafficking in the US that addresses the complexity of the issue, the competing narratives, and some of the challenges faced by survivors. -- Natalie Jesionka, Rutgers University Nichols exposes the reality of sex trafficking and offers a comprehensive view of challenging perspectives, engaging the audience to take actions toward prevention. -- Juliana Huard, University of Massachusetts
A well-organized introduction to the landscape of sex trafficking in the US that addresses the complexity of the issue, the competing narratives, and some of the challenges faced by survivors. -- Natalie Jesionka, Rutgers University Nichols exposes the reality of sex trafficking and offers a comprehensive view of challenging perspectives, engaging the audience to take actions toward prevention. -- Juliana Huard, University of Massachusetts Finally, there is an ideal option for educators seeking a comprehensive text on this complex topic. Nichols delivers a well-organized text that analyzes the theories explaining sex trafficking today, carefully considers the impassioned discourse surrounding sex trafficking policy, and draws on solid empirical research from beginning to end. -- Joan Reid, University of South Florida St. Petersburg
Author Information
Andrea J. Nichols is a Carnegie Award-winning professor of sociology at St. Louis Community College at Forest Park and lecturer and anti-trafficking initiative coordinator at Washington University in St. Louis. She is the author of Feminist Advocacy: Gendered Organizations in Community-Based Responses to Domestic Violence (2013) and, with Erin C. Heil, of Human Trafficking in the Midwest: A Case Study of St. Louis and the Bi-State Area (2015).
