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Sex Trafficking
Sex Work: Empowered Choice or Patriarchal Domination
The debate of whether sex work is a location of empowered choice or patriarchal domination is currently a key argument …
Cultural Considerations in Identifying Human Trafficking Victims
Police Officer Margaret Shelley responded to a tripped alarm in an affluent suburban neighborhood. She surveyed the house for any …
Barriers to Identifying Victims and Helping Survivors: The Case for Considering Culture
Imagine a girl from Bangladesh. Her family is destitute – floods have washed out their crops and her younger siblings …
Can we candidly discuss “the girlfriend experience” and sex trafficking of girls with intellectual disabilities?
One popular way to make light of harm linked to illegal or legal prostitution and to engender empathy for buyers …
What Can Be Done to Prevent Sex Trafficking of Girls in Foster Care?
Protecting our kids from perilous exploitation in sex trafficking is an urgent concern of child protective and child welfare agencies. …
The Opioid Epidemic, Foster Care, and Human Trafficking
As detailed in our interview with Dr. Hanni Stoklosa, the opiate/opioid crisis interacts with human trafficking in a number of …
Human Trafficking & the Opioid Crisis: An Interview with Dr. Hanni Stoklosa
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2017 Human Trafficking Statistics
Last week Polaris released the 2017 human trafficking statistics as reported by the National Human Trafficking Hotline (NHTH). The hotline is …
Illicit Massage Businesses: A Guest Blog by Polaris
This week’s blog is guest authored by Polaris. With names like “Good Girl Spa,” and signs advertising “hot Asian women,” …
A Primer on the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (SESTA) Controversy
There is widespread consensus on the need to combat online sex trafficking; however, the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (SESTA), …