sex trafficking

“Things that Involve Sex are Just Different”: US Anti-Trafficking Law and Policy on the Books, in their Minds, and in Action

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C. White on December 7, 2015 Peters contends that “abolitionist feminist groups” identify sex trafficking as “nothing more or less than globalized prostitution”, and that all sex traffic victims are prostitutes. On the other hand, sex traffic service providers and the police define sex traffic victims as forced prostitutes. The difference in perception complicates sex … Read more

Sex Trafficking as the New Slave Trade?

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C. White on December 7, 2015 Schaeffer-Graiel claims that Non-governmental agencies (NGAs) and the media (films and documentaries) inform people internationally that sex trafficking is the modern “New Slave Trade” and a global epidemic, because internationally, large amounts of migrants engage in sex exploitation work in underground prostitution businesses (Schaeffer-Graiel 2010:153). The goal of NGAs … Read more

Hidden in Plain Sight: Human Trafficking in the United States

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C. White on December 7, 2015 The Ninety-eight percent of sex traffic victims are women and girls, 2% are men and boys, and about half (40-50%) are children (Hepburn and Simon 2010:2). The US is the number one destination for sex traffic migration from the Caribbean and Latin American, and one of the top three … Read more

Sex Trafficking in the United States: Literature Review

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Journal by Schauer and Wheaton Research by C. White December 6, 2015 Schauer and Wheaton proclaim that most victims of sex trafficking are females from Russia (Schauer and Wheaton 2006:154), 700,000 people are victims of sex trafficking worldwide, and from this number, the US receives between 18,000 and 50,000 sex traffic victims annually. Women and … Read more

Trafficking in Human Beings: Training and Services among US Law Enforcement Agencies

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By C. White November 14, 2015 Wilson et al. (2006:149) recognizes that the US currently has connections to international agencies to eliminate sex trafficking, and it maintains preventive policies and federal victim assistance. But Wilson et al. argues that local law enforcement officers have more access to underground traffickers and prostitutes (as some are sex … Read more

Federal Plan for addressing sex trafficking in the US

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The title of the report is: Federal Strategic Action Plan on Services for Victims of Human Trafficking in the United States 2013-2017. Although it is somewhat lengthy to read, it is worth at least skimming through. Most of our class readings and discussions focus on events in other countries. I believe it is important to keep … Read more

It’s A Girl – Gendercide in India and China

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The film, It’s A Girl (available now on Netflix watch instantly), casts a light on the way girls in India and China are discriminated against because of their sex. According to the film’s website, the UN estimates as many as 200 million girls are missing because of female infanticide. The film also explores dowry and … Read more