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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"labor trafficking"”.
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Challenging Notions of the Ideal Victim: Identifying and Stereotyping Human Trafficking in the Midwest
Human trafficking, defined as commercial sex or labor induced by force, fraud, or coercion, has become a global concern, with various stakeholders taking different political and ideological stances in their opposition to this exploitation. The US Midwest is no outlier in these anti-trafficking …
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An Ethnographic Study of Human Trafficking in Springfield: a Real Or Perceived Problem?
Human trafficking research has noted the effects of local context on interpretations of trafficking protocol. In the Springfield community, religious and secular organizations and groups are currently shaping the human trafficking movement. With so many groups interested in human trafficking, there …
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A model for assessing the risk of human trafficking on a local level
Human trafficking is a human rights violation that is difficult to quantify. Models for estimating the number of victims of trafficking presented by previous researchers depend on inconsistent, poor quality data. As an intermediate step to help current efforts by nonprofits to combat human …
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Carving a New Notch in the Bible Belt: Rescuing the Women of Kentucky
<p>In recent years, the trafficking of women and girls for sexual exploitation has become a major focus on the local, national, and global level. This is despite research, which has identified labor trafficking to be a significantly larger issue across the globe. The purpose of this research is to …
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Clandestine Partnerships?: The Link between Human Trafficking and Organized Crime in Metropolitan Atlanta
<p>Since the enactment of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, which directly criminalized human trafficking, research on human trafficking has significantly increased. While recent studies have analyzed trafficking legislation, characteristics of offenders and victims, and types of …
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Gender Based Violence as a Continuum of Human Rights Violations in Russia and the Czech Republic
… the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, human trafficking for sexual exploitation and domestic violence have become a significant problem in post-communist countries. The fall of the Soviet Union also shaped national gender policies in post-communist countries. Despite the common challenges …
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Vulnerability, Victimization and VIVA: A Cluster Analysis of Cross-National Human Trafficking Victims
Human trafficking, the cruel and inhumane crime that it is, exploits the lives of millions of people around the world. My study explores the common vulnerabilities that exist for victims of cross-national human trafficking. First, I analyze literature discussing individual and country- level victim …