Human Trafficking
Applying Research, Theory, and Case Studies
- Noël Bridget Busch-Armendariz - The University of Texas at Austin, USA
- Maura Nsonwu - North Carolina A & T State University, USA
- Laurie Cook Heffron - Saint Edward's University
This practical, interdisciplinary text draws from empirically grounded scholarship, survivor-centered practices, and an ecological perspective to help readers develop an understanding of the meaning and scope of human trafficking. Throughout the book, the authors address the specific vulnerabilities of human trafficking victims, their medical-psycho-social needs, and issues related to direct service delivery. They also address the identification of human trafficking crimes, traffickers, and the impact of this crime on the global economy. Using detailed case studies to illuminate real situations, the book covers national and international anti-trafficking policies, prevention and intervention strategies, promising practices to combat human trafficking, responses of law enforcement and service providers, organizational challenges, and the cost of trafficking to human wellbeing.
“This book offers broad coverage of the topic which is good for a number of audiences. It delivers most confidently the information centered on victim experiences and service delivery which feels very useful for those working in social work or other professions that lead to encounters with victims. The emphasis on intersectionality shows the need for coordination among a diversity of actors and shows how this is a problem that connects to a number of societal issues and micro-level experiences. This is useful from a problem-solution definition perspective.”
“I like the organization of micro/mezzo/macro levels. I have yet to see a book that effectively breaks apart the complex factors that perpetuate human trafficking—the authors of this book appear to do that, and they introduce some of the more recent struggles faced by this movement as it grows.”
“This is a very comprehensive book. I still see it as mostly for social work students, but I think the authors have achieved high degree of an interdisciplinary approach in this text.”
I will use it for my Human Trafficking and Sex Slavery course. This is an elective course. I would like to develop a course that can be offered during normal semesters along with summer and winter session online. I need supplementary materials for the book like tests and real case scenarios.
