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Sorting Out Concern: European Attitudes Toward Human Trafficking, Jennifer A. Cheek, Lindsey Peterson
Sorting Out Concern: European Attitudes Toward Human Trafficking, Jennifer A. Cheek, Lindsey Peterson
Societies Without Borders
Human trafficking is a global phenomenon, which is sometimes conflated with other cross-national social problems. While trafficking certainly occurs within countries, much of it occurs across borders. In this paper we examine one of the only available datasets that addresses individual concern about human trafficking: the Eurobarometer 2003. Individual concern about human trafficking matters, especially in democracies, because government policy is in part shaped by citizen preferences. When democratic governments are not responsive to citizens, they risk being voted out in the next election cycle. What we find is that concern for human trafficking varies by gender, age, marital status, …
Mens Rea Reform As A Demand-Side Solution To The Problem Of Sex Trafficking, Daniel Michael Criswell
Mens Rea Reform As A Demand-Side Solution To The Problem Of Sex Trafficking, Daniel Michael Criswell
Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law
Trafficking in persons has existed around the world for many years, yet the United States has only begun to take this modem form of slavery seriously in the last two decades. The nature of sex trafficking has caused confusion for the United States and others around the globe regarding how to best deal with the commercial sex industry. The failure to reduce the commercial sex industry through traditional means of prosecuting the traffickers and their victims has motivated Sweden, and consequently the United States, to pursue a different strategy: reducing the demand through the prosecution of the buyers of commercial …
"The Tip Of The Iceberg": Human Trafficking, Borders And The Canada-U.S. North, Mike Perry
"The Tip Of The Iceberg": Human Trafficking, Borders And The Canada-U.S. North, Mike Perry
Canada-United States Law Journal
No abstract provided.
The Trafficking Victim Protection Act: The Best Hope For International Human Rights Litigation In The U.S. Courts?, Sara Sun Beale
The Trafficking Victim Protection Act: The Best Hope For International Human Rights Litigation In The U.S. Courts?, Sara Sun Beale
Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law
The article focuses on uses Alien Tort Statute as a vehicle for litigating human rights abuses in both civil and criminal prosecutions in the U.S. Topics discussed include developments in International Criminal Law in addressing human rights violations; judicial attitudes that could affect the interpretation of the Trafficking Victim Protection Act; and Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain court case on the same.
Human Trafficking: How A Joint Task Force Between Health Care Providers And Law Enforcement Can Assist With Identifying Victims And Prosecuting Traffickers, Megan Helton
Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine
The article discusses how a joint task force between health care providers and law enforcement can assist with identifying victims and prosecuting traffickers in the U.S. Topics discussed include legislation criminalizing human trafficking; laws protecting victims of human trafficking; and ways to combat human trafficking in the United States.
Note Of The Year: A Modicum Of Recovery: How Child Sex Tourism Constitutes Slavery Under The Alien Tort Claims Act, Kyle Cutts
Case Western Reserve Law Review
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Updating The Domestic And International Impact Of The U.S. Victims Of Trafficking Protection Act Of 2000: Does Law Deter Crime?, Susan W. Tiefenbrun
Updating The Domestic And International Impact Of The U.S. Victims Of Trafficking Protection Act Of 2000: Does Law Deter Crime?, Susan W. Tiefenbrun
Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law
No abstract provided.
The First Modern Anti-Slavery Law: The Trafficking Victims Protection Act Of 2000, Kara C. Ryf
The First Modern Anti-Slavery Law: The Trafficking Victims Protection Act Of 2000, Kara C. Ryf
Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law
No abstract provided.
Complicity, Corruption, And Human Rights: Trafficking In Human Beings, Martina Vandenberg
Complicity, Corruption, And Human Rights: Trafficking In Human Beings, Martina Vandenberg
Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law
No abstract provided.