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Author Pliley, Jessica R., 1977-

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

Publication Info. Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2014.

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 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  364.153 P71    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  364.153 PLI    Check Shelf
Description 293 page ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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?
Subject 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.
ISBN 9780674368118 (alk. paper)
0674368118 (alk. paper)
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