Research Paper About Human Trafficking
The facts and statistics relating to human trafficking is shocking and eye opening. Not only is there still a form of slavery in this world but we have more slaves now than ever before in history. Some may get the concept of human smuggling and trafficking confused. Human smuggling is the entry of people into a country through the deliberate evasion of immigration laws. This includes bringing illegal aliens into a country, as well as the unlawful transportation and harboring of aliens already in a country illegally. Some smuggling situations may involve murder, rape and assault. According to an article written by Benjamin Skinners in the New York Free Press, there are an estimated 27 million adults and 13 million children around the world who
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They are controlled through physical, psychological, and emotional coercion. Many trafficking victims have been seduced into their circumstances by traffickers posing as adoring suitors, and have stayed in their situation out of love for their abuser. Accordingly, the relationships between human traffickers and their victims often masquerade as consensual relationships of love and affection. These relationships are often out in the open, paraded around town right in front of citizens who fail to recognize the signs of deception, manipulation, and coercion that distinguish them from healthy ones. A brainwashing approach called Stockholm syndrome refers to a group of psychological symptoms that occur in some persons in a captive or hostage situation. Stockholm syndrome is considered a complex reaction to a frightening situation, and experts do not agree completely on all of its characteristic features or on the factors that make some people more susceptible than others to developing it. Most experts agree that Stockholm syndrome has three central characteristics; the hostages have negative feelings about the police or other authorities, the hostages have positive feelings toward their captor, and the captors develop positive feelings toward the
They are controlled through physical, psychological, and emotional coercion. Many trafficking victims have been seduced into their circumstances by traffickers posing as adoring suitors, and have stayed in their situation out of love for their abuser. Accordingly, the relationships between human traffickers and their victims often masquerade as consensual relationships of love and affection. These relationships are often out in the open, paraded around town right in front of citizens who fail to recognize the signs of deception, manipulation, and coercion that distinguish them from healthy ones. A brainwashing approach called Stockholm syndrome refers to a group of psychological symptoms that occur in some persons in a captive or hostage situation. Stockholm syndrome is considered a complex reaction to a frightening situation, and experts do not agree completely on all of its characteristic features or on the factors that make some people more susceptible than others to developing it. Most experts agree that Stockholm syndrome has three central characteristics; the hostages have negative feelings about the police or other authorities, the hostages have positive feelings toward their captor, and the captors develop positive feelings toward the