Impact Of Poverty On Human Trafficking
Literature Review
Poverty and its Impact on Human Trafficking
Many articles have addressed human trafficking and its relation to poverty from multiple perspectives. According to Logan, Walker, & Hunt, extreme poverty is the most important factor in an individual being a target for trafficking (2009). The details of an interview with two women from Indonesia, provides insight into the struggle that victims of trafficking may endure. The two women interviewed expressed how they sought financial opportunity in the United States, but were gravely disappointed when they found themselves working 21 hour days, sleeping in small spaces in a kitchen, beaten, and starved (Logan, Walker, & Hunt, 2009). Similarly to this case, most individuals who come to the US seeking financial gain have their passports confiscated upon arrival, endure many forms of abuse, and receive little …show more content…
Individuals affected by poverty face economic instability, which often leads to the unfortunate results of human trafficking. The current data exhibits the need for additional training in mental health professionals, law enforcement, prosecutors, and victim service providers. With the mentioned resources, the role of mental health worker is imperative in identification of victims, developing human trafficking exits, and providing a foundation for restoration for survivors (Hodge, 2014; Macy & Johns, 2011). Survivors potentially suffer emotionally, physically, spiritually, and mentally. The ways in which victims suffer from trafficking often lead to depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, substance use and abuse, hostility, self-harm, suicidal ideation and suicide if untreated (Hodge, 2014). Necessary efforts made by mental health professionals will improve social justice and advocacy on the behalf of victims and survivors while also preventing the presence of human trafficking which continues to
Poverty and its Impact on Human Trafficking
Many articles have addressed human trafficking and its relation to poverty from multiple perspectives. According to Logan, Walker, & Hunt, extreme poverty is the most important factor in an individual being a target for trafficking (2009). The details of an interview with two women from Indonesia, provides insight into the struggle that victims of trafficking may endure. The two women interviewed expressed how they sought financial opportunity in the United States, but were gravely disappointed when they found themselves working 21 hour days, sleeping in small spaces in a kitchen, beaten, and starved (Logan, Walker, & Hunt, 2009). Similarly to this case, most individuals who come to the US seeking financial gain have their passports confiscated upon arrival, endure many forms of abuse, and receive little …show more content…
Individuals affected by poverty face economic instability, which often leads to the unfortunate results of human trafficking. The current data exhibits the need for additional training in mental health professionals, law enforcement, prosecutors, and victim service providers. With the mentioned resources, the role of mental health worker is imperative in identification of victims, developing human trafficking exits, and providing a foundation for restoration for survivors (Hodge, 2014; Macy & Johns, 2011). Survivors potentially suffer emotionally, physically, spiritually, and mentally. The ways in which victims suffer from trafficking often lead to depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, substance use and abuse, hostility, self-harm, suicidal ideation and suicide if untreated (Hodge, 2014). Necessary efforts made by mental health professionals will improve social justice and advocacy on the behalf of victims and survivors while also preventing the presence of human trafficking which continues to