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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pliley, Jessica R., 1977- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Prostitution > United States > History > 20th century.
Human trafficking > United States > History > 20th century.
United States. > Federal Bureau of Investigation > History.
Vice control > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Moral conditions > History > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • 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?