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, its enforcement resulted more...

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Main Author: Pliley, Jessica R., 1977-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2014
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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?