Full Description
Deeply researched and scrupulously even-handed, this work provides readers with a clear and accurate understanding of human trafficking and related issues related to socioeconomic inequality, human rights, and international law.
Human Trafficking: Examining the Facts exposes falsehoods, half-truths, and distortions about trafficking that have gained traction in America's political and cultural discourse. When warranted, it also confirms the veracity of other claims about the nature and infrastructure of trafficking networks and the harrowing experiences of women, men, and children trapped in those dehumanizing systems.
Special areas of focus include chapters devoted to quantifying the scope and reach of human trafficking around the world; prosecution and prevention strategies; the experiences of trafficking survivors and the important role they play in anti-trafficking efforts; and the successes and failures of anti-trafficking initiatives carried out by governments and law enforcement agencies around the world.
Contents
How to Use This Book
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. Numbers Never Lie? Estimating the Nature and Scope of Human Trafficking
Q 1. How many people are trafficked in the United States and around the world?
Q 2. How widespread is sex and labor trafficking in the United States?
Q 3. Does labor trafficking occur in the United States?
Q 4. Is there one internationally recognized method used for estimating human trafficking?
Q 5. Why do campaigns to end human trafficking feature stories of former trafficking victims?
Chapter 2. The "3P" Framework: Prosecution, Prevention, Protection and Assistance
Q 6. What is the Trafficking Victims Protection Act and the 3P Framework?
Q 7. Partnership: What is the so-called "Fourth P" in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act?
Q 8. Prosecution: Is law enforcement an important aspect of combating human trafficking?
Q 9. Protection: Is victim assistance an important part of combating human trafficking?
Q10. Prevention: Is "moving upstream" the most essential part of stopping human trafficking?
Chapter 3. Survivors: Language, Image, Life
Q 11. Victim vs. Survivor: Does the language used in discussions of trafficking matter?
Q 12. Is survivor-informed, survivor-centered engagement important to anti-trafficking work?
Q 13. Can images subliminally reinforce misconceptions about human trafficking?
Q 14. - What barriers do trafficking survivors face to escape and obtain care?
Q 15. Can trafficking be reduced by targeting buyers?
Q 16. Has production of electric vehicles been linked to forced labor?
Chapter 4. Countering Traffic in Persons
Q 17. Have some anti-trafficking and law enforcement entities been rocked by trafficking scandals?
Q 18. Is the National Human Trafficking Hotline an effective tool for combating human trafficking?
Q 19. Are the experiences of trafficking survivors being incorporated into anti-trafficking work?
Chapter 5. Learning from Lived Experience: What Survivors Are Telling Us
Q 20. Have researchers found links between trafficking, homelessness, and drug addiction?
Q 21. What negative health impacts are associated with human trafficking?
Q 22. Do other forms of human trafficking exist?
Chapter 6. The Long Arc of Slavery
Q 23. How long has slavery been in existence?
Q 24. How did the modern anti-slavery movement develop?
Bibliography
Subject Index
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