Sex Trafficking

August 13, 2018

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 …

July 17, 2018

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 …

July 3, 2018

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 …

June 12, 2018

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 …

May 29, 2018

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. …

May 8, 2018

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 …

April 25, 2018

Human Trafficking & the Opioid Crisis: An Interview with Dr. Hanni Stoklosa

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March 20, 2018