Full Description
Human trafficking has emerged as one of the top international and domestic policy concerns, and is well covered and often sensationalized by the media. The nature of the topic combined with various international pressures has resulted in an array of government-led mandates to combat the issue.
The Domestication of Human Trafficking examines Canada's criminal justice approaches to human trafficking, with a particular focus on the ways in which the intersecting factors of race, class, gender, and sexuality impact practice. Using a wide range of qualitative and empirically grounded research methods, including extensive analysis of court documents, trial transcripts, and interviews with criminal justice actors, this book contributes to much-needed research that examines, specifies, and sometimes complicates the narratives of how trafficking works as a criminal offence. The Domestication of Human Trafficking turns our attention to the ways in which the offence of human trafficking is made on the front lines of criminal justice efforts in Canada.
Contents
Introduction
1. Legal Regimes
2. The Canadian Victim
3. Policing Trafficking
4. Trafficking on Trial
5. The Villain
Conclusion
Appendix A: Human Trafficking Cases: Race, Age, Gender, and Visual Depictions of Accused in Media
Appendix B: Human Trafficking Charges and Outcomes
Appendix C: Interview Participants
Appendix D: Interview Questions
Appendix E: Case Summaries
Appendix F: Expanded Methods
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