Human Trafficking Research Paper
Running head: Human Trafficking; The United States Public’s Opinion
Human Trafficking; The United States Public’s Opinion
Barbara J. Schneider, MSCJ
Capella University
July 31, 2014
Abstract
According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, human trafficking is defined as “the acquisition of people by improper means such as force, fraud or deception, with the aim of exploiting them.” This includes, servitude, forced labor, sex, and forced organ donations. It is estimated that the disturbing activity brings in $32 Billion dollars a years. As of this writing it is not far behind drug trafficking as the largest criminal industry in the world. Each and every person on this planet should …show more content…
These films outnumber features on smuggling or sweatshops. However, nearly all of the trafficking films involve Euro-American victims who have been coerced (not deceived) and are minors. This results in opinion marker individuals, such as American college students, to be much more familiar with human trafficking than any other type of human rights abuse with the exception of genocide (Brysk, 2009). Yet, there is a misconception that America does not have a trafficking problem. This misconception contributes to the expansion of human trafficking and to prolonging the problem impacting society and harming persons who are unfamiliar with trafficking and its social ramifications (Weaver, …show more content…
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Human Trafficking; The United States Public’s Opinion
Barbara J. Schneider, MSCJ
Capella University
July 31, 2014
Abstract
According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, human trafficking is defined as “the acquisition of people by improper means such as force, fraud or deception, with the aim of exploiting them.” This includes, servitude, forced labor, sex, and forced organ donations. It is estimated that the disturbing activity brings in $32 Billion dollars a years. As of this writing it is not far behind drug trafficking as the largest criminal industry in the world. Each and every person on this planet should …show more content…
These films outnumber features on smuggling or sweatshops. However, nearly all of the trafficking films involve Euro-American victims who have been coerced (not deceived) and are minors. This results in opinion marker individuals, such as American college students, to be much more familiar with human trafficking than any other type of human rights abuse with the exception of genocide (Brysk, 2009). Yet, there is a misconception that America does not have a trafficking problem. This misconception contributes to the expansion of human trafficking and to prolonging the problem impacting society and harming persons who are unfamiliar with trafficking and its social ramifications (Weaver, …show more content…
(2008). Understanding and improving law enforcement responses to human trafficking: Executive summary. National Institute of Justice, Retrieved from https://www.ncjrs.gov/App/Publications/abstract.aspx?ID=247182
Frank, L. (2005). Retrieved from http://www.iom.int/jahia/webdav/site/myjahiasite/shared/shared/mainsite/published_docs/books/data_res_human.pdf
Goes, J., & Simon, M. (2013). Transcribing Interview Data. Retrieved from http://www.dissertationrecipes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Transcribing-interview-data.pdf
Goździak, E., & Bump, M. (2008) Data and research on human trafficking: Bibliography of Research-based Literature Retrieved from https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/224392.pdf
Hay, G., and N. McKeganeya (1996) “Estimating the prevalence of drug misuse in Dundee, Scotland: an appli- cation of capture-recapture methods”, in Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 50: 469-472.
Hicks, L. (2005). Defining research with human subjects -sbe. CITI-Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative, Retrieved from https://www.citiprogram.org/members/index.cfm?pageID=125
Jaffer, M., & Brazeau, P. (2011). Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights, Retrieved from