Somebody's Daughter: The Hidden Story of America's Prostituted Children and the Battle to Save Them

Shocking and gritty, this collection contains firsthand accounts of terror and abuse from prostituted children—and the law enforcement officers and community activists working to save them. While detailing the necessity for substantive legal and cultural change on the national level in regard to prostitution, pimps, and children’s rights, this book also provides encouraging stories of new, pioneering law enforcement initiatives and child-recovery strategies reaping positive results in urban areas inundated with children victimized by sexual exploitation and violence, such as Las Vegas, Atlantic City, New York City, Phoenix, and Dallas. A call to awareness and action for parents, legislators, and educators, this examination exposes this country’s dirty secret.