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Human Trafficking Definitions To Eradication In Virginia: A Legislative Analysis, Hannah Kay Byrum
Human Trafficking Definitions To Eradication In Virginia: A Legislative Analysis, Hannah Kay Byrum
Undergraduate Honors Theses
The gap between the reality of human trafficking in Virginia and the necessary legislative systems, remedies, and support afforded to victims, is wide. My research arose from my experience navigating this incongruity in Virginia law and its impacts, through a delegate’s office, the office of a United States Senator, and a government relations firm. This research articulates the significant, material legislative initiatives required in Virginia’s human trafficking legislative landscape. In surveying this landscape, this research articulates where incongruences ex-unified language and legislative definitions, exist in key areas. This research addresses the need for expansion on the parameters to which victims …