Control and Protect explores the meaning and significance of efforts designed to combat sex trafficking in the United States. A striking case study of the new ways in which law enforcement agents, social service providers, and nongovernmental advocates have joined forces in this campaign, this book reveals how these collaborations consolidate state power and carceral control. This book examines how partnerships forged in the name of fighting domestic sex trafficking have blurred the boundaries between punishment and protection, victim and offender, and state and nonstate authority.

About the Author
Jennifer Musto is Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender Studies at Wellesley College.

Reviews
"A brilliantly written book ... Musto reveals the intersecting forces of racism, sexism and social control and the way they are manifested in these new forms of carceral protectionism." Critical Criminology



Book Information
ISBN 9780520281967
Author Jennifer Musto
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint University of California Press
Publisher University of California Press
Weight(grams) 363g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 15mm