Pub Date : 2023-11-23DOI: 10.1080/23322705.2023.2281215
Auschala Chalayonnavin
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Pub Date : 2023-11-20DOI: 10.1080/23322705.2023.2270366
A. Zenz
{"title":"Measuring Non-Internment State-Imposed Forced Labor in Xinjiang and Central Asia: An Assessment of ILO Measurement Guidelines","authors":"A. Zenz","doi":"10.1080/23322705.2023.2270366","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23322705.2023.2270366","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37076,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Trafficking","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139257140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-18DOI: 10.1080/23322705.2023.2278383
Lauren G. Suarez, Kyla A Leonard, Demy Alfonso, Alyssa Vazquez
{"title":"Through the Survivor’s Lens: A Photovoice Inquiry and Grounded Theory of Child Sex Trafficking","authors":"Lauren G. Suarez, Kyla A Leonard, Demy Alfonso, Alyssa Vazquez","doi":"10.1080/23322705.2023.2278383","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23322705.2023.2278383","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37076,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Trafficking","volume":"18 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139261571","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-18DOI: 10.1080/23322705.2023.2281212
M. Hefner, Leslie B. Hill
{"title":"Naming, Blaming, and Claiming: Understanding Human Trafficking Victims’ Nondisclosure and Non-Reporting Behavior","authors":"M. Hefner, Leslie B. Hill","doi":"10.1080/23322705.2023.2281212","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23322705.2023.2281212","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37076,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Trafficking","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139262324","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-01DOI: 10.1080/23322705.2023.2266309
Brooklyn E. Paul, Ashley L. Fromenthal, Ashley A. Messina, Sarah K. West, Manyu Li
ABSTRACTThis study aims to contribute to the body of human trafficking and mental health literature by synthesizing past research on mental health issues experienced by human trafficking survivors. Specifically, this study aims to identify the common themes and differences observed in the literature on the mental health outcomes of trafficking survivors. Ultimately, this study hopes to contribute to the literature by providing human trafficking researchers and mental health practitioners with the current state of knowledge on the issue and directions for future research. A review of empirical studies from 2012–2022 was conducted. After searching through databases and screening articles, 30 studies were extracted for synthesis. Five coders reviewed the articles and coded survivors’ experiences of mental health issues. The findings from the review highlighted several aspects relating to the mental health experiences of trafficking survivors: 1) the mental health outcomes of human trafficking are complex and extensive, 2) demographic characteristics were found to play a role in the mental health outcomes of trafficking survivors in some but not all diagnoses, and 3) potential risk factors found across multiple studies shed light on what may exacerbate mental health symptomatology and the occurrence of mental health disorders following trafficking.KEYWORDS: Human traffickingmental healthdepressionanxietyPTSD Disclosure StatementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Author ContributionStudy conceptualization and design: B.P. and M.L.; Methodology: B.P. and M.L.; Formal analysis and investigation: B.P., A.F, A.M., and M.L; Writing – Original Draft: B.P., A.F, A.M., S.W. and M.L; Wring – Review and Editing: B.P., A.F, A.M., and M.L; Supervision and project administration: M.L.
{"title":"Research on Human Trafficking Survivors and Mental Health Issues from 2012-2022","authors":"Brooklyn E. Paul, Ashley L. Fromenthal, Ashley A. Messina, Sarah K. West, Manyu Li","doi":"10.1080/23322705.2023.2266309","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23322705.2023.2266309","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTThis study aims to contribute to the body of human trafficking and mental health literature by synthesizing past research on mental health issues experienced by human trafficking survivors. Specifically, this study aims to identify the common themes and differences observed in the literature on the mental health outcomes of trafficking survivors. Ultimately, this study hopes to contribute to the literature by providing human trafficking researchers and mental health practitioners with the current state of knowledge on the issue and directions for future research. A review of empirical studies from 2012–2022 was conducted. After searching through databases and screening articles, 30 studies were extracted for synthesis. Five coders reviewed the articles and coded survivors’ experiences of mental health issues. The findings from the review highlighted several aspects relating to the mental health experiences of trafficking survivors: 1) the mental health outcomes of human trafficking are complex and extensive, 2) demographic characteristics were found to play a role in the mental health outcomes of trafficking survivors in some but not all diagnoses, and 3) potential risk factors found across multiple studies shed light on what may exacerbate mental health symptomatology and the occurrence of mental health disorders following trafficking.KEYWORDS: Human traffickingmental healthdepressionanxietyPTSD Disclosure StatementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Author ContributionStudy conceptualization and design: B.P. and M.L.; Methodology: B.P. and M.L.; Formal analysis and investigation: B.P., A.F, A.M., and M.L; Writing – Original Draft: B.P., A.F, A.M., S.W. and M.L; Wring – Review and Editing: B.P., A.F, A.M., and M.L; Supervision and project administration: M.L.","PeriodicalId":37076,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Trafficking","volume":"201 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135372049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-10-24DOI: 10.1080/23322705.2023.2259263
Inderjit K Basra, Tatum Kenney, Shandra Forrest-Bank, Lisa K. Zottarelli, Chitra Raghavan
ABSTRACTUnderstanding how traffickers entrap and exploit young girls and women has become crucial to correctly identifying sex trafficking. Research shows that pimps use recruitment techniques of seduction, housing assistance, drugs, and emotional support as well as physical violence, debt bondage, and psychological manipulation to entrap women into commercial sexual exploitation (CSE). This pilot study posits that these seemingly dichotomous methods represent two temporal occurrences; pimps use superficially positive offers to lure young girls and women into a relationship via grooming tactics, then shift the relationship into a sexually exploitive one via recruitment tactics. This study aimed to explore this temporal sequence a two-prong process termed “predatory helpfulness.” Data for this preliminary study examined coercive control tactics, and trauma-coerced attachment in sex trafficking survivors. Participants (N = 19) were all women who had previously been pimp trafficked. Study findings strongly supported the predatory helpfulness model; 18 of the 19 participants felt their initial relationships with their pimps were positive and helpful, and 17 of the 19 participants were able to identify a distinct relational shift between this grooming stage and the recruitment stage, where CSE began. These findings help identify undetected coercive behaviors on the part of the pimp and inform criminal justice interventions and policy. Furthermore, understanding predatory helpfulness will shift the focus to the perpetrators’ behaviors, moving us toward a community that embraces and supports the victims impacted by CSE. A 12 Question Predatory Helpfulness Screener is proposed as a tool for legal actors and providers.KEYWORDS: Sex traffickingpimp recruitmentgroomingcoercive controllove-bombingdrug usephysical forcepredatory tacticstrauma-coerced attachment Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Notes1 For the purpose of this study, the terms pimp and trafficker are used interchangeably. As we are investigating the fraudulent nature of pimp-based prostitution, the grooming and recruitment tactics employed in these relationships qualify as trafficking under the federal definition.
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Pub Date : 2023-10-23DOI: 10.1080/23322705.2023.2259785
Eric O. Agyemang, Kevin P. Haggerty, Katarina Guttmannova, Michael S. Spencer, Margaret L. Spearmon
There are 152 million children in the world who are victims of child laborers are found in Africa; 73 million are involved in hazardous labor. Almost half of child labor (72.1 million) is found in Africa. One in five children in Africa (19.6%) is a child laborer, whilst prevalence in other regions such as Arab States, Asia, and Europe is between three percent and seven percent (International Labor Organization). This study evaluates a community-based child rights education intervention implemented in Ghana, West Africa, to address the problem. The project contributed to an eight percent increase in school enrollment (which has been associated with a decrease in child labor trafficking in other studies), an equivalence of 706 students in one and half years after implementation. The study contributes to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals five and 16 (promoting gender equality, facilitating human rights advancement and strengthening accountable institutions). It also provides project implementation strategies to support the efforts of anti-trafficking institutions. In addition, it fosters awareness on the traumatic impact of child labor trafficking and a call to action for social workers to develop clinical interventions to support victims. It also discusses various limitations, implications, and future directions for the study.
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Pub Date : 2023-10-16DOI: 10.1080/23322705.2023.2265805
Erica Koegler, Shelley A. Vickerman, Annah K. Bender, Edna G. Rich
ABSTRACTTransgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) individuals and migrants are at risk for human trafficking, yet patterns of migration and exploitation among TGNC individuals are not well documented. This case study examined the experiences of migration and exploitation in a subsample of 27 TGNC individuals from a larger study of 665 high-risk adults in Cape Town, South Africa. The main variables of analysis are derived from a version of the Trafficking Victim Identification Tool, which includes quantitative and qualitative responses. Twenty-six participants (96%) reported at least one potential indicator of exploitation in their lifetime. In the past 12 months, ten participants indicated that someone had withheld payments from them or taken the payment they should have been paid. Half (n=13) of the South African born participants discussed internal migration in their qualitative responses without migration specific prompting. Participants described difficult lives that included childhood abuse, unstable housing, economic marginalization, internal migration, and elements of labor and sexual exploitation – much of which was driven by transphobic and intersectional discrimination and stigma. Our findings shed light on the vulnerability of TGNC individuals and emphasize the need to include TGNC voices in all research and interventions addressing human trafficking.KEYWORDS: Exploitationhuman traffickingmigrationSouth Africatransgender AcknowledgmentsThis work was supported by USAID and the South African Department of Science and Innovation (DSI), as a supplement to a USAID Cooperative Agreement #7200AA18CA00009 to Purdue University. Contents reflect the views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of USAID or DSI.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by the Department of Science and Innovation, South Africa [7200AA18CA00009]; LASER PULSE [7200AA18CA00009]; United States Agency for International Development [7200AA18CA00009].
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Pub Date : 2023-10-05DOI: 10.1080/23322705.2023.2257126
Vanessa Bouché, Sara Woldehanna, Kyle Vincent, Betsy Nolan
ABSTRACTFinancial wellbeing – broadly characterized as a liveable income, savings, and autonomy over financial decisions – has been shown to influence physical and psychological health and is therefore an important element of holistic wellbeing. The present study examines the factors that impact the financial wellbeing of survivors of human trafficking in the United States. Using survey data from a sample of trafficking survivors in the U.S. we find that both temporal distance from the exploitative experience and a stable source of income significantly predict financial wellbeing for trafficking survivors. Importantly, however, stable work that provides predictable income mitigates the impact of time in establishing financial wellbeing. The implications of this research are significant for policy and programs aimed at improving the livelihoods of trafficking survivors.KEYWORDS: TraffickingLivelihoodFinancial WellbeingRegression AnalysisParticipatory Action Research AcknowledgmentsThe authors would like to thank individual donors, corporations, and foundations who contribute to Polaris’ unrestricted fund, including partial funding for the National Survivor Study from IHG Hotels & Resorts, Match Group, PayPal, and United Way Worldwide. The authors would also like to thank the National Survivor Study core research team and community advisory group, including: Lara Powers, Katherine T. Bright, Tristan Call, Michael Chen, Hazel Fasthorse, Tawana Bandy Fattah, La Toya Gix, Elizabeth Jacobs, Forrest Jacobs, Ashley Maha’a, Erin Marsh, Namrita S. Singh, Karen Snyder, Lauren Vollinger, Charity Watters, Wade Arvizu, Marlene Carson, Harold D’Souza, Wang Fen, and Eric Harris.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Supplementary materialSupplemental data for this article can be accessed online at https://doi.org/10.1080/23322705.2023.2257126Notes1 For example, women, children, racial and ethnic minorities, LGBTQ+, disabled and migrants have all been groups identified as being vulnerable or at higher risk to trafficking victimization and/or are disproportionately represented among trafficking victims compared to their numbers in the general population (see, for example, IOM et al., Citation2022; Jagoe et al., Citation2022; Latham-Sprinkle et al., Citation2019; UNODC, Citation2020; Whitbeck et al., Citation2004).2 While we expect there to be a relationship between stable work and financial wellbeing, when one does not feel competent in their work, does not feel adequately supported, or the environment becomes unduly demanding, overall wellbeing may be jeopardized, which could have negative implications for financial wellbeing. While it is beyond the scope of the present study, we acknowledge that the quality of the stable employment may be just as important as the stable employment itself.3 The survey instrument is available upon request.4 The survey and sampling methodology received ethical approval from the Biomedica
摘要财务健康——被广泛地描述为可居住的收入、储蓄和财务决策的自主权——已被证明会影响身体和心理健康,因此是整体健康的一个重要因素。本研究考察了影响美国人口贩运幸存者经济福利的因素。利用来自美国人口贩运幸存者样本的调查数据,我们发现,与剥削经历的时间距离和稳定的收入来源都能显著预测人口贩运幸存者的财务状况。然而,重要的是,提供可预测收入的稳定工作减轻了时间对建立财务健康的影响。这项研究对旨在改善人口贩运幸存者生计的政策和项目具有重要意义。致谢作者要感谢为北极星无限制基金捐款的个人、公司和基金会,包括洲际酒店及度假村、Match集团、PayPal和联合之路全球公司为国家幸存者研究提供的部分资金。作者还要感谢国家幸存者研究核心研究小组和社区咨询小组,包括:Lara Powers, Katherine T. Bright, Tristan Call, Michael Chen, Hazel Fasthorse, Tawana Bandy Fattah, La Toya Gix, Elizabeth Jacobs, Forrest Jacobs, Ashley Maha 'a, Erin Marsh, Namrita S. Singh, Karen Snyder, Lauren Vollinger, Charity Watters, Wade Arvizu, Marlene Carson, Harold D 'Souza, Wang Fen和Eric Harris。披露声明作者未报告潜在的利益冲突。例如,妇女、儿童、种族和少数民族、LGBTQ+、残疾人和移民都被确定为易受伤害或遭受贩运受害者的高风险群体,并且/或者在贩运受害者中所占的比例与其在总人口中的比例相比不成比例(例如,参见IOM等人,Citation2022;Jagoe et al., Citation2022;Latham-Sprinkle等人,Citation2019;UNODC Citation2020;Whitbeck et al., Citation2004)虽然我们期望稳定的工作和财务健康之间存在关系,但当一个人在工作中感到没有能力,没有得到充分的支持,或者环境变得过于苛刻时,整体健康可能会受到损害,这可能会对财务健康产生负面影响。虽然这超出了本研究的范围,但我们承认,稳定就业的质量可能与稳定就业本身同样重要该测量仪器可应要求提供调查和抽样方法得到了纽约生物医学研究联盟(BRANY)机构审查委员会(IRB)的伦理批准。该研究还获得了美国国立卫生研究院(NIH)的保密证书(CoC),该证书通过禁止向与研究团队无关的任何人披露可识别的敏感信息来保护研究参与者的隐私除了使用输入数据集运行这些模型外,我们还使用原始非输入数据集运行所有模型。所有模型的结果都非常相似,这有力地证明了我们的估算方法的准确性。这些型号的输出可在附录中找到使用因子得分作为因变量有很多跨学科的先例。例如,参见Grasso和Simons (Citation2011), Salcioglu等人(Citation2007)和Vogel等人(Citation2019)回答“没有收入”的有13人,因此,该方程的分母为零。为了避免这种情况,我们将0美元记为每年1000美元的收入为了为财务健康因变量(由三个因素组合而成)输入缺失数据,我们研究了两个独立的输入程序。第一种方法是直接对底层因子变量的缺失数据进行估算,然后创建复合变量。第二种方法是先创建复合变量,然后在复合变量中输入缺失的数据。结果发现,第一种方法的输入精度得分较高,因此用于输入缺失条目为了统计分析的目的,没有足够的非二元反应来将性别视为非二元。因此,我们将性别作为二元变量而不是分类变量纳入模型被称为“母亲的惩罚”,孩子对女性的经济影响比男性更大(例如,Budig & England, Citation2001;Budig & Hodges, Citation2010;Gangl & Ziefle, Citation2009)。
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Pub Date : 2023-09-30DOI: 10.1080/23322705.2023.2263303
Shona L. Macleod
Between July 2016 and May 2018, the Senegalese state implemented two phases of a project designed to remove children from the streets of Dakar, targeted at the talibés, or child students of the Qur’an, who beg. Based on qualitative research conducted in Dakar in 2017–2018, this article demonstrates the dynamics behind an uncoordinated and unplanned anti-trafficking intervention. It shows that the contradictions between two different explanations for talibés’ begging led to reward rather than sanctions for those responsible, who are framed variously as child traffickers and as legitimate Qur’anic teachers. It demonstrates the lack of coordination and cooperation among state structures, and between state structures and NGOs, which is then employed by the same actors to explain away the project’s minimal impact. It argues that the project was an example of the Senegalese state trying to adhere to international prescriptions to action to end child trafficking, while avoiding the political wrath of religious leaders domestically. By drawing attention to the distance between global discourse and local implementations, the findings of this article contribute to promoting nuanced policymaking under the Sustainable Development Goal Target 16.2: End abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against and torture of children.
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