Human trafficking
Subtitle: exploring the international nature, concerns, and complexities
By: editors, John Winterdyk, Philip Reichel, Benjamin Perrin
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Boca Raton, FL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9781439820360
Subjects: International cooperation; Human trafficking; Prevention
Description: Human trafficking is a crime that undermines fundamental human rights and a broader sense of global order. It is an atrocity that trannscends 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 suggest 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Defining human trafficking and its nuances in a cultural context / Cindy J. Smith and Kristiina Kangaspunta; title: Data on human trafficking : challenges and policy context / Jo Goodey; title: Explaining human trafficking / Julie Kaye and John Winterdyk; title: Voices from victims and survivors of human trafficking / Claude d'Estrée; title: Crime control versus social work approaches in the context of the "3P" paradigm : prevention, protection, prosecution / Karin Bruck müller and Stefan Schumann; title: Human trafficking and police investigations / Annette Herz; title: Prosecution of trafficking in human beings' cases / Marianne Wade; title: Improving law enforcement identification and response to human trafficking / Amy Farrell; title: International cooperation / Yvon Dandurand; title: Evaluating responses to human trafficking : a review of international, regional, and national counter-trafficking mechanisms / Sanja Milivojevic and Marie Segrave; title: Victims of human trafficking : meeting victims' needs? / Sanjacópić́and Biljana Simeunović-Patić.