CHAPTER 1 Context
This section highlights the influential factors in the lives of victims and perpetrators - the environments that shaped them and experiences that left victims vulnerable to exploitation.
Key Topics
Introduction to Case Study
Adverse Childhood Experiences
Social Determinants of Health
Vulnerability and Human Trafficking
“Most hoes have low self-esteem for a reason. A pimp looks for the weakness, and if it isn’t on the surface, he brings that mother fucker out of them.”
From the law's perspective, trafficking has two definitions - sex trafficking and labor trafficking
It would be easier if the bad guys and the good guys in human trafficking were totally clear. If every victim hated her. If every trafficker looked bad. That's just not the reality.
What do a Jesuit priest and a Buddhist nun have in common? It may sound like the opening to a joke, but it's actually the question that initiated an extraordinary spiritual collaboration.
A Roadmap for Systems and Industries to Prevent and Disrupt Human Trafficking
This report focuses on the private and public-private sector because fighting human trafficking will require participation by business and industry partners with resources at a comparable scale.
A guide for training public health, behavioral health, health care, and social work professionals who wish to use trauma-informed and survivor-informed practices to assess adult clients and patients for human trafficking victimization or risk of potential trafficking victimization.
“The anti-trafficking movement needs better data to solve the problem, Stanford researchers say.”
“Training to increase awareness, encourage helpful responses, and inform staff about the available support options would help to ensure the mental health needs of trafficked people are met.”
“Emergency practitioners should maintain a high index of suspicion when evaluating patients who appear to be at risk for abuse and violence, and assess for specific indicators of trafficking.”
