Human trafficking
Subtitle: women's stories of agency
By: by Maria De Angelis
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Newcastle upon Tyne
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781443885263
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Human trafficking; Case studies; Women; Crimes against
Description: This book explores women's stories of agency in a lived experience of trafficking.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [149]-174) and index.
Table of contents: title: List of illustrations; title: List of tables; title: Foreword / Professor Loraine Gelsthorpe; title: Acknowledgements. Chapter 1 Introduction: setting the scene : Trafficking stories; title: Agency; title: Lived trafficking experience; title: Researching trafficking stories; title: Limitations and strengths of the collection; title: The legal and policy context; title: Outline of the book. Chapter 2 A reflexive account of the research process and an introduction to participants : Introduction; title: Producing knowledge; title: "Where obtained:" gaining access and finding participants; title: "How obtained and by whom"; title: Methods for producing knowledge; title: Focus group; title: Women's semi-structured interviews; title: Professional semi-structured interviews; title: "Whose knowledges and for what purpose"; title: Ethics; title: Handling data; title: Diseminating research; title: "From whom"; title: Vignettes. Chapter 3 Trafficking identity : Introduction and outline; title: THe imagery of a victim of trafficking (VoT); title: The ideal crime victim; title: The right sort of crime victim; title: New campaign tools, old images?; title: WOmen's sense of a trafficked self; title: Women's pre-trafficking persona; title: The gains and losses in a victim narrative; title: Professional actions; title: Chapter summary. Chapter 4 Trafficking benchmarks : Introduction and outline; title: Why do women place themselves at risk of being trafficked? Examining the socio-political an deconomic context of trafficking; title: So how are we to understand issues of consent, coercion and exploitation in a trafficking experience?; title: Consent; title: Coercion; title: A professional recognition trap; title: Exploitations; title: Chapter summary. Chapter 5 WOmen's well-being freedom and agency freedom : Introduction and outline; title: Women's well-being freedom; title: "No recourse to public funds"; title: Health care and social support; title: Facing a culture of disbelief; title: Subjective freedom; title: Women's agency freedom; title: Social practices; title: Work, education/training, and volunteering; title: Consumer freedoms; title: Sexual agency; title: Professional impacts on agency; title: Chapter summary. Chapter 6 Collecting story-shaping praxis : Introduction and outline; title: Policing the "3-P" paradigm in human trafficking; title: Praxis issues; title: Role conflict; title: ANti-trafficking training; title: Police, prostitution and trafficking; title: Policing the prostitute subject in a discourse of human traficking; title: Praxis issues; title: Prostitution; title: Desistance; title: Marriage and human trafficking; title: Policing the marriage subject in a discourse of human trafficking; title: Negotiating the marriage terrain; title: Praxis issues; title: Is it trafficking?; title: Is it immigration?; title: Assessing marriage as a trafficking exploitation; title: Domestic violence immigration rule; title: Advocating for agency; title: Insider insights; title: Concluding note on praxis; title: Future directions; title: Inderdisciplinary exhange as a way of highlighting victimhood and raising agency; title: The ongoing need for research on lived experiences in human trafficking. Bibliography; title: Index.