Estimating The Prevalence Of Human Trafficking In The United States Considerations And Complexities

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population,Committee on National Statistics
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 85 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309499590

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Estimating the Prevalence of Human Trafficking in the United States: Considerations and Complexities by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population,Committee on National Statistics Pdf

Human trafficking has many names and can take many forms - pimp control, commercial sex, exploitation, forced labor, modern slavery, child labor, and several others - and the definitions vary greatly across countries and cultures, as well as among researchers. In the United States, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) is the cornerstone of counter-trafficking efforts. It provides guidance for identifying and defining human trafficking, and it authorizes legislation and appropriations for subsequent counter-trafficking measures both within and outside of the federal government. First enacted in 2000, the TVPA has since been reauthorized by three administrations, and it includes a directive for the President to establish an Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking. The subsequent Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018 also includes provisions for victim services and plans to enhance collaboration efforts to fight trafficking abroad. To explore current and innovative sampling methods, technological approaches, and analytical strategies for estimating the prevalence of sex and labor trafficking in vulnerable populations, a 2-day public workshop, Approaches to Estimating the Prevalence of Human Trafficking in the United States, was held in Washington, D.C. in April 2019. The workshop brought together statisticians, survey methodologists, researchers, public health practitioners, and other experts who work closely with human trafficking data or with the survivors of trafficking. Participants addressed the current state of research on human trafficking, advancements in data collection, and gaps in the data. They discussed international practices and global trends in human trafficking prevalence estimation and considered ways in which collaborations across agencies and among the U.S. government and private-sector organizations have advanced counter-trafficking efforts. This proceedings summarizes the presentations and discussions of the workshop.

Author : Andrews, Sharon K.,Crawford, Caroline M.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 43,6 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 : Jennifer Bossard
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000999662

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The Field of Human Trafficking by Jennifer Bossard Pdf

This book expands on the present state of human trafficking research. It presents contributions from leading researchers across the globe who gathered at the inaugural International Conference on Human Trafficking Research (ICHTR) held at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, USA in May of 2019. This insightful volume highlights the diversity of scholarly work and perspectives presented at the conference, showcasing a variety of topics, methodologies, geographies, and populations. Chapters cover topics such as trafficking in higher education, trafficking of men, and trafficking terminology among others. The authors use different methodologies for their studies, including interviews, secondary data, and Community-Based Participatory Action Research. Different geographic areas are also represented, including populations in the United States and Ethiopia. The Field of Human Trafficking: Expanding on the Present State of Research will be a key resource for academics, researchers, and advanced students of criminology and criminal justice, law, public policy, law enforcement, public affairs and government, research methods, and sociology. This book was originally published as a special issue of Journal of Human Trafficking.

Author : Donna M. Nickitas,Donna J. Middaugh,Veronica Feeg
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
Page : 806 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-21
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781284257748

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Policy and Politics for Nurses and Other Health Professionals: Advocacy and Action by Donna M. Nickitas,Donna J. Middaugh,Veronica Feeg Pdf

Policy and Politics for Nurses and Other Health Professionals: Advocacy and Action, Fourth Edition reflects a well-honed vision of what nursing and health professionals need to know to both understand and influence modern health policy. The authors focus on the most relevant health policy issues while taking an interdisciplinary approach to create an understanding of healthcare practice and policy across interprofessional teams. Through their focus on relevant issues, the authors discuss how healthcare professionals can prepare themselves to engage in the economic, political, and policy dimensions of health care. The Fourth Edition has been carefully revised and updated to reflect essential shifts to improve health and public policy as well as dramatic improvements in health care cost, quality, reliability, and technology around public health and data infrastructure.

Author : National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Committee on Law and Justice,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Minors in the United States
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309286589

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Confronting Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Minors in the United States by National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Committee on Law and Justice,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Minors in the United States Pdf

Every day in the United States, children and adolescents are victims of commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking. Despite the serious and long-term consequences for victims as well as their families, communities, and society, efforts to prevent, identify, and respond to these crimes are largely under supported, inefficient, uncoordinated, and unevaluated. Confronting Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Minors in the United States examines commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents of the United States under age 18. According to this report, efforts to prevent, identify, and respond to these crimes require better collaborative approaches that build upon the capabilities of people and entities from a range of sectors. In addition, such efforts need to confront demand and the individuals who commit and benefit from these crimes. The report recommends increased awareness and understanding, strengthening of the law's response, strengthening of research to advance understanding and to support the development of prevention and intervention strategies, support for multi-sector and interagency collaboration, and creation of a digital information-sharing platform. A nation that is unaware of these problems or disengaged from solutions unwittingly contributes to the ongoing abuse of minors. If acted upon in a coordinated and comprehensive manner, the recommendations of Confronting Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Minors in the United States can help advance and strengthen the nation's emerging efforts to prevent, identify, and respond to commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of minors in the United States.

Author : United Nations
Publisher : UN
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9211304113

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Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2020 by United Nations Pdf

The 2020 UNODC Global Report on Trafficking in Persons is the fifth of its kind mandated by the General Assembly through the 2010 United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons. It covers more than 130 countries and provides an overview of patterns and flows of trafficking in persons at global, regional and national levels, based primarily on trafficking cases detected between 2017 and 2019. As UNODC has been systematically collecting data on trafficking in persons for more than a decade, trend information is presented for a broad range of indicators.

Author : United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 40,6 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 : Margaret C. Stevenson,Bette L. Bottoms,Kelly C. Burke
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780190056742

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The Legacy of Racism for Children by Margaret C. Stevenson,Bette L. Bottoms,Kelly C. Burke Pdf

"The Legacy of Racism for Children: Psychology, Law, and Public Policy is the first volume to review the intersecting implications of psychology, public policy, and law with the goal of understanding and ending the challenges facing racial minority youth in America today. Proceeding roughly from causes to consequences - from early life experiences to adolescent and teen experiences - each chapter focuses on a different domain, explains the laws and policies that create or exacerbate racial disparity in that domain, reviews relevant psychological research and its implications for those laws or policies, and calls for next steps. Chapter authors examine how race and ethnicity intersect with child maltreatment (including child sex trafficking, corporal punishment, and memory for and disclosures of abuse), child dependency court decisions, custody and adoption, familial incarceration, the "school to prison pipeline," police/youth interactions, jurors' perceptions of child and adolescent victims and defendants, and U.S. immigration law and policy"--

Author : Siroj Sorajjakool
Publisher : Silkworm Books
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781631021947

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Human Trafficking in Thailand by Siroj Sorajjakool Pdf

Few subjects elicit greater moral outrage than human trafficking. Media reports of dehumanizing practices such as slavery, abduction, child prostitution, and torture, along with shocking statistics, form the basis of public knowledge. Those who work closely with victims acknowledge the complexity of the issue, and it is this complexity, rather than loose statistics and conjecture, that deserves our attention. With sensitivity and candor, this book addresses the reality of human trafficking in Thailand, dissecting studies, presenting facts, and dismissing stereotypes. It focuses on the areas of fishing, agriculture, domestic work, sex work, and the trafficking of children, weaving individual narratives and official studies into the wider history of Thailand’s changing economy and labor situation. It also details how the Thai government has addressed the issue, reflects on the roots of human exploitation, and suggests a way forward. This book raises much-needed awareness of commonly held misconceptions and clarifies what we know and what we have yet to discover about the trafficking of persons to and from Thailand. Highlights • Concise and accessible study of the reality of human trafficking in Thailand • Thorough critical analysis of current policies and public discourse on trafficking • Details relevant Thai and international laws • Discusses the relationship between the modern economic system and exploitation • Analyzes the changing face of the Thai labor market and the impact of industrialization on the Thai population

Author : Makini Chisolm-Straker,Katherine Chon
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-22
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783030706753

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The Historical Roots of Human Trafficking by Makini Chisolm-Straker,Katherine Chon Pdf

A public health approach to human trafficking requires a nuanced understanding of its root causes. This textbook applies a historical lens to human trafficking from expert resources for the multidisciplinary public health learner and worker. The book challenges the anti-trafficking paradigm to meaningfully understand historical legacies of present-day root-causes of human trafficking. This textbook focuses on history’s utility in public health. It describes history to contextualize and explain present times, and provides public health lessons in trafficking prevention and intervention. Public health recognizes the importance of multiple systems to solve big problems, so the chapters illustrate how current anti-trafficking efforts in markets and public systems connect with historical policies and data in the United States. Topics explored include: Capitalism, Colonialism, and Imperialism: Roots for Present-Day Trafficking Invisibility, Forced Labor, and Domestic Work Addressing Modern Slavery in Global Supply Chains: The Role of Businesses Immigration, Precarity, and Human Trafficking: Histories and Legacies of Asian American Racial Exclusion in the United States Systemic and Structural Roots of Child Sex Trafficking: The Role of Gender, Race, and Sexual Orientation in Disproportionate Victimization The Complexities of Complex Trauma: An Historical and Contemporary Review of Healing in the Aftermath of Commercialized Violence Historical Context Matters: Health Research, Health Care, and Bodies of Color in the United States Understanding linkages between contemporary manifestations of human trafficking with their respective historical roots offers meaningful insights into the roles of public policies, institutions, cultural beliefs, and socioeconomic norms in commercialized violence. The textbook identifies sustainable solutions to prevent human trafficking and improve the health of the Nation. The Historical Roots of Human Trafficking is essential reading for students of public health, health sciences, criminology, and social sciences; public health professionals; academics; anti-trafficking advocates, policy-makers, taskforces, funders, and organizations; legislators; and governmental agencies and administrators.

Author : Ernesto U. Savona,Sonia Stefanizzi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2007-05-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780387680446

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Measuring Human Trafficking by Ernesto U. Savona,Sonia Stefanizzi Pdf

The trafficking of human beings is a major worldwide problem. This book addresses the need for a system that provides the same set of quantitative and qualitative data to help develop a comprehensive counter-strategy. It analyzes various definitions as well as the complexity of phenomena that impair the collection and comparability of data. Coverage also examines different approaches with the aim of coming to an effective monitoring system.

Author : Philip Alston
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2024-02-08
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781509972883

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The Complexity of Human Rights by Philip Alston Pdf

This book provides the first systematic assessment from a human rights law perspective of the landmark contributions of the renowned legal anthropologist, Sally Engle Merry. What impact does over-simplification have on human rights debates? The understandable tendency to present them as a single, universal, and immutable concept ignores their complexity and by extension only serves to weaken them. Merry and her colleagues transformed human rights thinking by highlighting the process of 'vernacularization', which sees rights discourse as being unavoidably dependent upon translation and interpretation. She also warned of the pitfalls of excessive reliance upon statistical and other indicators, through the process of quantification. Here the leading voices in the field assess the significance of these contributions.

Author : Elzbieta M. Gozdiak
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781437929706

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Data and Research on Human Trafficking by Elzbieta M. Gozdiak Pdf

This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. The subject of human trafficking, or the use of force, fraud or coercion to transport persons across international borders or within countries to exploit them for labor or sex, has received renewed attention within the last two decades. This report provides a detailed description of the processes involved in a project to identify English language research-based literature on human trafficking; the databases searched and the keywords used to identify pertinent references; discussion of the development of the taxonomy used to categorize identified research-based journal articles, reports, and books; and the results of the categorization of the research according to the taxonomy.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Forced labor
ISBN : OSU:32437122809722

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Assessment of U.S. Activities to Combat Trafficking in Persons by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ryszard Piotrowicz,Conny Rijken,Baerbel Heide Uhl
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 749 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317485681

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Routledge Handbook of Human Trafficking by Ryszard Piotrowicz,Conny Rijken,Baerbel Heide Uhl Pdf

Trafficking in human beings (THB) has been described as modern slavery. It is a serious criminal activity that has significant ramifications for the human rights of the victims. It poses major challenges to the state, society and individual victims. THB is not a static given but a constantly changing concept depending on societal changes and opinions, economic situations and legal developments. THB occurs both transnationally and within countries. The complexity of THB is such that it requires a wide range of expertise fully to address the phenomenon. Edited by a team of leading international academics, the Routledge Handbook of Human Trafficking will provide an interdisciplinary introduction to THB. It is aimed at academics, students, research universities and non-governmental organisations, as well as policy makers. It will review THB through the lens of law, anthropology, social and political science and will address statistical, data protection issues and showcase the most effective research methods, analyse the various actors and stakeholders and the different types of exploitation of trafficked persons. It will critically highlight and analyse the most pressing current challenges posed by THB.