Central american minors prostituted in California

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Published: Sep 20, 2022
Updated: 2022-09-20
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20983/noesis.2018.1.4
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Underage girls poverty prostitution human trafficking California

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Simon Pedro Izcara Palacios
Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0523-305X
Karla Lorena Andrade Rubio
Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2140-8457

Abstract

Irregular migration of minors across the southeastern border of the United States has increased alarmingly in recent years. Some of these children are girls transported by sex trafficking networks. This article, based on qualitative interviews conducted in 2015 and 2016, examines how sex trafficking networks capture the Central American minors to exploit them in adult entertainment centers in California, and analyzes the abuses suffered by the minors. Finally, the article concludes that traffickers use immigration law to achieve a greater submission of minors.

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Izcara Palacios, S. P., & Andrade Rubio, K. L. (2022). Central american minors prostituted in California. Noesis. Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 27(53), 77–97. https://doi.org/10.20983/noesis.2018.1.4
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Vol. 27 No. 53 (2018)
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Social Sciences
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Author Biographies

Simon Pedro Izcara Palacios, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas

Miembro del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores de México (Nivel 3)

Karla Lorena Andrade Rubio, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas

Karla Lorena Andrade Rubio, doctora en Sociología por la Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (2010), es profesora de tiempo completo de la Unidad Académica de Trabajo Social y Ciencias para el Desarrollo Humano (Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, México) y miembro del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (Nivel 1). Su área de especialización son los estudios migratorios. Algunas de sus últimas publicaciones son: (2015) “Causas e impactos de la deportación de migrantes centroamericanos de Estados Unidos a México”. Estudios fronterizos, 16(31), 239-271; (2016) Migración indocumentada y Trata de personas. México: Fontamara; (2016) Políticas públicas y desarrollo social. México: Alfaomega.

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