ABOUT THE AUTHORS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
SURVEYING THE SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM
THE BROAD DESCRIPTIVE CHALLENGE
APPRECIATING THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING PROBLEM AND ITS ENFORCEMENT
CHALLENGES
SYNCHRONIZED ABUSE: THE IMPACT OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME
GROUPS ON CHILD TRAFFICKING AND OTHER FORMS OF SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION
PUBLIC CORRUPTION AS THE SILENT PARTNER TO CHILD SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION
FEDERAL STATUTES TARGETING CHILD EXPLOITATION
FINDING THE WORLD'S VOICE: INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS TARGETING THE
SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN
INVESTIGATING CHILD EXPLOITATION CASES
THE SYNDICATE AND THE SCHOLAR: EXAMINING THE ANATOMY OF THE
PROSECUTION OF UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PEDIATRICIAN DR. H. MARC
WATZMAN
THE CHALLENGE OF TRANSNATIONAL INVESTIGATIONS
VICTIM WITNESS PROTECTION IN CHILD EXPLOITATION CASES
THE DIFFICULT DEFENSE: SURVEYING THE MOST COMMON ISSUES WHEN
REPRESENTING INDIVIDUALS ACCUSED OF CHILD EXPLOITATION
OVERVIEW OF SELECTED TRIAL ISSUES
SENTENCING CONSIDERATIONS IN SEXUAL EXPLOITATION CASES – DOES
ANYTHING WORK?
CONCLUSION
INDEX
APPENDICES
APPENDIX 1 CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD (1989)
PREAMBLE
APPENDIX 2
APPENDIX 3 U.S.-THAILAND MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE TREATY
APPENDIX 4 SAMPLE LETTER ROGATORY
APPENDIX 5 1992 INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION ON MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN
CRIMINAL MATTERS
Virginia M. Kendall is a judge of the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Illinois. Before being elevated to the
federal bench, Judge Kendall served as a deputy chief in the United
States Attorney’s Office in Chicago, where for more than ten years
she served as the child exploitation coordinator. She travels
extensively both domestically and internationally teaching judges
and lawyers about crimes against women and children, and is an
adjunct professor of law at Northwestern University School of Law
and Loyola University School of Law.
T. Markus Funk served as a federal prosecutor in Chicago for more
than ten years, and spent two years in Kosovo as the USDOJ Resident
Legal Advisor. He has taught law at, among other places, Oxford
University, the University of Chicago, Northwestern University, and
the USDOJ National Advocacy Center; was awarded USDOJ and the State
Department’s highest service awards; and is the author of three
books and dozens of criminal law–related articles and book
chapters. His legal work is featured in outlets such as CNBC, CNN,
the Economist, the Los Angeles Times, the National Law Journal,
National Geographic Channel, MSNBC, and the Wall Street Journal.
The book aims to present a one-stop source on the subject — from
child pornography to international human trafficking and the
organized crime that is often behind it....[Funk and Kendall]
wanted to provide a resource regarding not only victims, but
various sex crimes, the court system, defense strategies and
computer techniques perpetrators use to hide information, as well
as how law enforcement can find it.
*Chicago Sun-Times*
Child Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation: Examining the Global
Challenges and U.S. Responses is an excellent resource for
practitioners, advocates, and policy makers. The intersection of
child trafficking and exploitation is a complex issue, and one
seldom addressed using a child rights based approach. This book
provides a comprehensive overview of the topic, including the
current national and international legal instruments that can be
used to combat child trafficking and exploitation cases, the impact
of these crimes on child survivors, and challenges and
recommendations for moving forward to protect the most vulnerable
members of our society.
*Katherine Kaufka Walts, J.D., director, Center for the Human
Rights of Children; Loyola University Chicago*
From the Foreword:
[A] milestone on the road to improved policy in this difficult and
important area, this book will be an invaluable resource to judges,
prosecutors, police, policy makers, criminologists, and the defense
bar. I know that it will be of great value to me in dealing with
the many appeals that my court receives from convictions and
sentences in cases of sex crimes against children.
*Richard A. Posner, U.S. Circuit Judge*
This critically important book offers an essential, foundational
element to a coordinated approach to end child sexual exploitation
and trafficking.
*Helen Stacy, director, Stanford University Program on Human
Rights*
This groundbreaking legal text, which comprehensively analyzes the
accelerating worldwide crisis of the sexual exploitation and
trafficking of children, comes at a critical time. . . . [A]
compelling and authoritative treatise, clearly written, and filled
with best practices and specific examples, this work challenges all
citizens of our modern, global society to think creatively,
mobilize our resources, and join forces to protect and save our
children.
*Hon. Ann Claire Williams, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh
Circuit; Lawyers Without Borders Program Director; Avon Global
Center for Women and Justice Steering Committee Member; National
Institue for Trial Advocacy Board Member*
In authoring Child Exploitation and Trafficking, U.S. District
Court Judge Virginia M. Kendall and former federal prosecutor T.
Markus Funk, provide perhaps the first comprehensive history and
current account of child sexual exploitation and trafficking as
well as seeking to provide an analysis of the grid of U.S. and
transnational laws that allow for the enforcement against these
crimes and the resultant prosecutions. This is not an academic work
per se, but the research and comprehensive approach is scholarly.
Rather, this book could serve a wide range of members of the legal
community: as a reference tool, text book for law students,
guidance for prosecutors and NGO’s seeking a brief synopsis of
successful applications of laws both within the U.S. and in
international forums.
*American Society of International Law*
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