Features
Presents the first book on human trafficking that offers both international and regional perspectives
- Bridges a variety of disciplinary perspectives, reflective of the complexity of human trafficking
- Includes key terms, and review and discussion questions to help readers examine themes within regional, political, and cultural contexts
Summary
Human trafficking is a crime that undermines fundamental human rights and a broader sense of global order. It is an atrocity that transcends borders—with some regions known as exporters of trafficking victims and others recognized as destination countries. Edited by three global experts and composed of the work of an esteemed panel of contributors, Human Trafficking: Exploring the International Nature, Concerns, and Complexities examines techniques used to protect and support victims of trafficking as well as strategies for prosecution of offenders.
Topics discussed include:
- How data on human trafficking should be collected and analyzed, and how data collection can be improved through proper contextualization
- The importance of harmonization and consistency in legal definitions and interpretations within and among regions
- The need for increased exchange of information and cooperation between the various actors involved in combating human trafficking, including investigators, law enforcement and criminal justice professionals, and social workers
- Problems with victim identification, as well as erroneous assumptions of the scope of victimization
- Controversy over linking protection measures with cooperation with authorities
Highlighting the issues most addressed by contemporary scholars, researchers, practitioners, and policy-makers, this volume also suggests areas ripe for further inquiry and investigation. Supplemented by discussion questions in each chapter, the book is sure to stimulate debate on a troubling phenomenon.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction; John Winterdyk, Benjamin Perrin, and Philip Reichel
Defining Human Trafficking and Its Nuances in a Cultural Context; Cindy J. Smith and Kristiina Kangaspunta
Data on Human Trafficking: Challenges and Policy Context; Jo Goodey
Explaining Human Trafficking; Julie Kaye and John Winterdyk
Voices from Victims and Survivors of Human Trafficking; Claude D’Estrée
Crime Control versus Social Work Approaches in the Context of the "3P" Paradigm: Prevention, Protection, Prosecution; Karin Bruckmüller and Stefan Schumann
Human Trafficking and Police Investigations; Annette Herz
Prosecution of Trafficking in Human Beings’ Cases; Marianne Wade
Improving Law Enforcement Identification and Response to Human Trafficking; Amy Farrell
International Cooperation; Yvon Dandurand
Evaluating Responses to Human Trafficking: A Review of International, Regional, and National Counter-Trafficking Mechanisms; Sanja Milivojevic and Marie Segrave
Victims of Human Trafficking: Meeting Victims’ Needs? Sanja Ćopić and Biljana Simeunović-Patić
Epilogue
Index
Published: December 2011
Hard
Pages: 318
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