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Globalization And Human Trafficking, Loring Jones, David W. Engstrom, Tricia Hilliard, Mariel Diaz
Globalization And Human Trafficking, Loring Jones, David W. Engstrom, Tricia Hilliard, Mariel Diaz
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Globalization demands that social workers embrace more than just local and national perspectives; they must adopt an international viewpoint as well. A negative aspect of globalization that deserves more attention is the international movement of labor. This paper presents a description and analysis of trafficking, the more deleterious part of this movement of people, in a global context. Decision makers seeking to make global migration more humane need to know about the dynamics and process of trafficking, as well as ways to combat it. Definitional controversies, contextual issues (including the dynamics and processes of trafficking), and consequences of this movement …