This film aims to demystify the outdated perceptions on youth prostitution. Continually throughout Canada pimps scour shopping malls, streets and schoolyards scouting for new recruits. This docu-drama illustrates how young girls from all economic backgrounds are being lured into the trade. The pimps more than before have grown in sophistication and use seductive and cunning methods to gain the trust and control over their unsuspecting victims. The film illustrates how psychological techniques are used to persuade the vulnerable into a state of trust. The rest is downhill from there.
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ACMI Identifier
316563
Language
English
Audience classification
PG
Subject categories
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Children - Canada
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Women - Canada
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Youth - Canada
Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Rape
Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Sex crimes
Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Women - Crimes against
Documentary → Documentary films - Canada
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Abused children
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Abused women
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Canada - Social conditions
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Children - Conduct of life
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Children - Social conditions
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Prostitution
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Public welfare - Canada
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Runaway teenagers
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Teenagers
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Violence
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Women
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Women - Canada
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Women - Economic conditions
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Women - Employment
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Women - Social conditions
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Women's rights
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Children - Conduct of life
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Abused children
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Abused women
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Children - Canada
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Children - Conduct of life
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Children and adults
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Children and strangers
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Conjugal violence
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Perception in children
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Runaway teenagers
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Sex crimes
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Stress in children
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Teenagers
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Teenagers - Sexual behavior
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Violence
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Women
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Women - Canada
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Women's rights
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Youth - Canada
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Children - Conduct of life
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Perception in children
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Runaway teenagers
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Stress in children
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Teenagers
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Violence
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Women
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Women - Psychology
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Youth - Canada
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Sound
Colour
Colour
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VHS; Access Print (Section 1)