Policing sexuality : the Mann Act and the making of the FBI /

America's first anti-sex trafficking law, the 1910 Mann Act, made it illegal to transport women over state lines for prostitution "or any other immoral purpose." It was meant to protect women and girls from being seduced or sold into sexual slavery. But, as Jessica Pliley illustrates,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pliley, Jessica R., 1977- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2014.
Temas:
United States. > Federal Bureau of Investigation > History.
États-Unis. > Federal Bureau of Investigation > Histoire.
United States. > Federal Bureau of Investigation.
1900-1999
Prostitution > United States > History > 20th century.
Human trafficking > United States > History > 20th century.
Vice control > United States > History > 20th century.
Traite des êtres humains > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Crimes et délits contre les mœurs > États-Unis > Prévention > Histoire > 20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Human trafficking.
Moral conditions.
Prostitution.
Vice control.
United States > Moral conditions > History > 20th century.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: the Mann Act and federal sexual surveillance
  • The American myth of white slavery
  • A national white slavery squad
  • Endangered daughters
  • Creating a moral quarantine
  • Defining immoral purposes
  • Policing seduction and adultery
  • Coerced sex and forced prostitution
  • The FBI's assault on sex trafficking
  • Conclusion: can the country's moral borders be policed?

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