Policing sexuality : the Mann Act and the making of the FBI / Jessica R. Pliley.

By:

Pliley, Jessica R, 1977-

Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2014Description: 293 page ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780674368118

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

364.15/3409730904 23

LOC classification:

HQ125.U6 P62 2014

Summary: "Jessica Pliley links the crusade against sex trafficking to the FBI s growth into a formidable law agency that cooperated with states and municipalities in pursuit of offenders. The Bureau intervened in squabbles on behalf of men intent on monitoring their wives and daughters and imprisoned prostitutes while seldom prosecuting their male clients." - Provided by publisher.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	NMC Library	Stacks	HQ125 .U6 P62 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		33039001353860

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Jessica Pliley links the crusade against sex trafficking to the FBI s growth into a formidable law agency that cooperated with states and municipalities in pursuit of offenders. The Bureau intervened in squabbles on behalf of men intent on monitoring their wives and daughters and imprisoned prostitutes while seldom prosecuting their male clients." - Provided by publisher.

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