Challenging The Human Trafficking Narrative

Author : Erin O'Brien
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317510451

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Challenging the Human Trafficking Narrative by Erin O'Brien Pdf

What is the moral of the human trafficking story, and how can the narrative be shaped and evolved? Stories of human trafficking are prolific in the public domain, proving immensely powerful in guiding our understandings of trafficking, and offering something tangible on which to base policy and action. Yet these stories also misrepresent the problem, establishing a dominant narrative that stifles other stories and fails to capture the complexity of human trafficking. This book deconstructs the human trafficking narrative in public discourse, examining the victims, villains, and heroes of trafficking stories. Sex slaves, exploited workers, mobsters, pimps and johns, consumers, governments, and anti-trafficking activists are all characters in the story, serving to illustrate who is to blame for the problem of trafficking, and how that problem might be solved. Erin O’Brien argues that a constrained narrative of ideal victims, foreign villains, and western heroes dominates the discourse, underpinned by cultural assumptions about gender and ethnicity, and wider narratives of border security, consumerism, and western exceptionalism. Drawing on depictions of trafficking in entertainment and news media, awareness campaigns, and government reports in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, this book will be of interest to criminologists, political scientists, sociologists, and those engaged with human rights activism and the politics of international justice

Author : Russell Kabir,Ali Davod Parsa,S. M. Yasir Arafat
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2024-01-08
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9782832542606

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Experiences and Challenges of Healthcare Professionals by Russell Kabir,Ali Davod Parsa,S. M. Yasir Arafat Pdf

Author : Justin Shrum
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 17 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783668979512

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A Theological Method Critically Applied to the Narratives Used for Sex Trafficking and Prostitution by Justin Shrum Pdf

Seminar paper from the year 2018 in the subject Theology - Biblical Theology, London School of Theology, language: English, abstract: In this essay, we will consider the role that the theological method has in engaging with these narratives, especially focusing on the conflicting concepts between the abolitionist narrative and that of sex workers rights. The goal is to use the framework of the theological method to engage with key epistemological differences in the narratives, in order to determine a more balanced and effective approach. There are three primary narrative approaches to define the relationship between sex trafficking and prostitution. The first is that of abolition, where the lines of delineation between prostitution and trafficking are often blurred and cases of exploitation within prostitution are categorized in a sex trafficking context. Here one commonly finds the language of rescue and restoration. In this context, individual actors such as pimps and traffickers, as well as the society itself which allows prostitution to flourish, are viewed as perpetrators. The second narrative is one of criminal justice, where the issue is framed by the language of legal prosecution against criminals and the war on trafficking done by the State and NGO actors. The third narrative is one of sex workers rights, where the human rights abuses surrounding prostitution are framed principally as gender migrant issues and the need for better working conditions is presented as the solution. Assistance from a sex workers rights approach speaks in terms of harm reduction and empowering agency among those in prostitution. This approach considers sex work to be a viable job when the conditions are correct and the women are free from exploitation. All narratives agree that sex trafficking is wrong. The departure takes place where views of prostitution are concerned. The prevalence of harm found in prostitution cause some to place it ontologically in the same category as sex trafficking while others would say that is overreaching and adds to the challenges women in prostitution face. In effect, presuppositions built by a commitment to any of these narratives tend to influence the orientation and praxis of an organization.

Author : Essien, Essien D.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781799892830

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Handbook of Research on Present and Future Paradigms in Human Trafficking by Essien, Essien D. Pdf

Human trafficking is currently regarded as a contemporary form of slavery. However, despite many initiatives undertaken over the last two decades to tackle the problem, there seems to be a disproportionate emphasis on the social phenomenon. Trafficking in persons remains a little-explored area in scholarship with many inconsistencies and ambiguities yet to be attended to. Human trafficking is a multifaceted issue that requires a multidisciplinary approach that must be studied and considered thoroughly and with heavy regard to the many layers of the issue. The Handbook of Research on Present and Future Paradigms in Human Trafficking presents a comprehensible view of what constitutes the underpinning of human trafficking, the means of combating it, its moral implications, and offers possible solutions toward curbing its excesses, inconsistencies, and ambiguities. Covering a range of topics such as social change, human rights, and ethics, this major reference work is ideal for researchers, scholars, practitioners, government officials, policymakers, instructors, academicians, and students.

Author : Christiana Gregoriou
Publisher : Springer
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783319782140

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Representations of Transnational Human Trafficking by Christiana Gregoriou Pdf

This open access edited collection examines representations of human trafficking in media ranging from British and Serbian newspapers, British and Scandinavian crime novels, and a documentary series, and questions the extent to which these portrayals reflect the realities of trafficking. It tackles the problematic tendency to under-report particular types of victim and forms of trafficking, and seeks to explore both dominant and marginalised points of view. The authors take a cross-disciplinary approach, utilising analytical tools from across the humanities and social sciences, including linguistics, literary and media studies, and cultural criminology. It will appeal to students, academics and policy-makers with an interest in human trafficking and its depiction in the modern day.

Author : Caroline Williamson Sinalo,Nicoletta Mandolini
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2023-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783031134517

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Representing Gender-Based Violence by Caroline Williamson Sinalo,Nicoletta Mandolini Pdf

This book focuses on the politics, ethics and stereotypical pitfalls of representational practices surrounding Gender-Based Violence (GBV) from a global perspective. The originality of the volume is linked to its cross-disciplinary perspective as the topic of representing GBV is analyzed across the domains of philosophy/epistemology, fiction and the arts (including literature, film, television series and music) and non-fictional representations in the media (including broadcast media, online/print journalism, transmedia activism). The volume identifies contemporary representational practices and the theoretical and critical responses, examining various aspects of popular culture from around the world. In doing so, the editors put feminism in conversation with global trends to identify its cultural frontline. The volume will appeal to scholars working on gender and violence from diverse fields.

Author : Bukola Oriola
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1976018854

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Bringing the Story Back Home by Bukola Oriola Pdf

Bringing The Story Back Home: Implementing Change with Human Trafficking Awareness is a report from a week's long tour engaging students of higher institutions in Nigeria in human trafficking prevention through awareness. This book documents how the project was implemented and evaluated. It also shared the outcomes resulted from the evaluation. Furthermore, it identified some of the challenges experienced undertaking such an enormous tasks, providing recommendations for future endeavors in human trafficking prevention. Despite the challenges, successes were recorded with millions reached across the world. You can use this book as a guide to implement change in any community around the world. You can use it as an individual, group, or organization looking for ways to organize a community building venture to combat human trafficking.

Author : Constance Gunderson
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783643902634

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Human Trafficking by Constance Gunderson Pdf

Human trafficking is an extreme example of social injustice, perpetuated by dominant/subordinate attitudes that condone violence, resulting in significant suffering for individuals and harm to societies. This book is a comprehensive study of the challenges facing service providers who work with trafficked victims of sexual exploitation in northern Germany. The results are discussed from the perspective of the Relational Cultural Theory, as well as from the Sexual-Racial Contract Theory. The insights offer a vital gateway to sustainable social change and social justice to help end human trafficking. (Series: Gender Discussion / Gender-Diskussion - Vol. 15)

Author : Andrews, Sharon K.,Crawford, Caroline M.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781668439289

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Paths to the Prevention and Detection of Human Trafficking by Andrews, Sharon K.,Crawford, Caroline M. Pdf

Much has already been published to better understand the problems associated with human trafficking such as why it occurs, where it occurs, and the horrendous tolls it takes on individuals and society. However, further study on the latest innovative ideas, research, and real-world efforts towards the detection and prevention of human trafficking analysis as well consideration of the success or failure of the current approaches is required in order to understand the necessary future improvements and how to best achieve them. Paths to the Prevention and Detection of Human Trafficking presents innovative and potentially transformational concepts and research results that discuss current, or developing, approaches that address the identification, reporting, and prevention of human trafficking, including important identified enablers of trafficking. Covering a range of topics such as machine learning and child exploitation, this reference work is ideal for policymakers, government officials, hospital administrators, researchers, academicians, scholars, practitioners, instructors, and students.

Author : Florian Klaeger,Klaus Stierstorfer,Marlena Tronicke
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110756456

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Symbolism 21 by Florian Klaeger,Klaus Stierstorfer,Marlena Tronicke Pdf

Special Focus: Law and Literature This special focus issue of Symbolism takes a look at the theoretical equation of law and literature and its inherent symbolic dimension. The authors all approach the subject from the perspective of literary and book studies, foregrounding literature’s potential to act as supplementary to a very wide variety of laws spread over historical, geographical, cultural and spatial grounds. The theoretical ground laid here thus posits both literature and law in the narrow sense. The articles gathered in this special issue analyse Anglophone literatures from the Renaissance to the present day and cover the three major genres, narrative, drama and poetry. The contributions address questions of the law’s psychoanalytic subconscious, copyright and censorship, literary negotiations of colonial and post-colonial territorial laws, the European ‘refugee debate’ and migration narratives, fictional debates on climate change, contemporary feminist drama and classic 19th-century legal narratives. This volume includes two insightful analyses of poetic texts with a special focus on the fact that poetry has often been neglected within the field of law and literature research. Special Focus editor: Franziska Quabeck, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany.

Author : E. O'Brien,S. Hayes,B. Carpenter
Publisher : Springer
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137318701

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The Politics of Sex Trafficking by E. O'Brien,S. Hayes,B. Carpenter Pdf

This book offers a unique insight into the moral politics behind human trafficking policy in Australia and the USA, including rare interviews with key political actors, and a critical account of Congressional and Parliamentary hearings.

Author : Maarit Piipponen,Helen Mäntymäki,Marinella Rodi-Risberg
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783030534134

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Transnational Crime Fiction by Maarit Piipponen,Helen Mäntymäki,Marinella Rodi-Risberg Pdf

Focusing on contemporary crime narratives from different parts of the world, this collection of essays explores the mobility of crimes, criminals and investigators across social, cultural and national borders. The essays argue that such border crossings reflect on recent sociocultural transformations and geopolitical anxieties to create an image of networked and interconnected societies where crime is not easily contained. The book further analyses crime texts’ wider sociocultural and affective significance by examining the global mobility of the genre itself across cultures, languages and media. Underlining the global reach and mobility of the crime genre, the collection analyses types and representations of mobility in literary and visual crime narratives, inviting comparisons between texts, crimes and mobilities in a geographically diverse context. The collection ultimately understands mobility as an object of study and a critical lens through which transformations in our globalised world can be examined.

Author : Kirsten Foot
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781442246942

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Collaborating against Human Trafficking by Kirsten Foot Pdf

In the fight against human trafficking, cross-sector collaboration is vital—but often, systemic tensions undermine the effectiveness of these alliances. Kirsten Foot explores the most potent sources of such difficulties, offering insights and tools that leaders in every sector can use to re-think the power dynamics of partnering. Weaving together perspectives from many sectors including business, donor foundations, mobilization and advocacy NGOs, faith communities, and survivor-activists, as well as government agencies, law enforcement, and providers of victim services, Foot assesses how differences in social location (financial well-being, race, gender, etc.) and sector-based values contribute to interpersonal, inter-organizational, and cross-sector challenges. She convincingly demonstrates that finding constructive paths through such multi-level tensions—by employing a mix of shared leadership, strategic planning, and particular practices of communication and organization—can in turn facilitate more robust and sustainable collaborative efforts. An appendix provides exercises for use in building, evaluating, and trouble-shooting multi-sector collaborations, as well as links to online tools and recommendations for additional resources. All royalties from this book go to nonprofits in U.S. cities dedicated to facilitating cross-sector collaboration to end human trafficking. For more information and related resources, please visit http://CollaboratingAgainstTrafficking.info.

Author : United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789210584081

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Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2016 by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Pdf

The UNODC Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2016 is the third of its kind mandated by the United Nations General Assembly. In July 2010, the UNGA adopted the Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons. The Report covers and provides an overview of patterns and flows of trafficking in persons at the global, regional and national levels, based on trafficking cases detected mainly between 2012 and 2014. It looks at links between trafficking in persons, migration and conflict, and how refugees may be particularly vulnerable to being trafficked. The worldwide response to trafficking in persons, particularly in terms of criminalization and prosecution of trafficking crimes, is also a focus of this edition of the Global Report. Also included are the Country Profiles.

Author : Elizabeth Bernstein
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226573809

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Brokered Subjects by Elizabeth Bernstein Pdf

Brokered Subjects digs deep into the accepted narratives of sex trafficking to reveal the troubling assumptions that have shaped both right- and left-wing agendas around sexual violence. Drawing on years of in-depth fieldwork, Elizabeth Bernstein sheds light not only on trafficking but also on the broader structures that meld the ostensible pursuit of liberation with contemporary techniques of power. Rather than any meaningful commitment to the safety of sex workers, Bernstein argues, what lies behind our current vision of trafficking victims is a transnational mix of putatively humanitarian militaristic interventions, feel-good capitalism, and what she terms carceral feminism: a feminism compatible with police batons.