York University Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies Department of Economics Winter 2014 Course # and Title: Introduction to Microeconomics: AP/ECON 1000 M Course Webpage: http://jacinth.eso.yorku.ca/LotusQuickr/2014w-apecon1000m-03/Main.nsf Course Instructor/Contact: Name: Sadia Mariam Malik Office: 1094 Vari Hall Phone: 416-736-2100 Ext. 20532 Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays – 1:00-2:00 pm and by appointment Email: smmalik@yorku.ca LectureTime and Location: Lecture:
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This demand is the reason why DMST has a growing popularity. The market DMST is “driven by the laws of supply and demand” (Sex Trafficking: What Nurses Need to Know‚ 2015‚ p.23). The trafficker does it for the money that the youths bring in from the demand of the consumers or “johns” (Kotrla‚ 2010‚ p.182). These youths are used to fill the sex needs in our society because of the boundless supply of them (Kotrla‚ 2010‚ p.183). However‚ many of these victims go unidentified. This is because they themselves
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of trafficking. Furthermore‚ China has remained a Tier 2 Watch List Country for three years in a row. Additionally‚ China was almost downgraded to a Tier 3 but was granted a waiver‚ thus remaining a Tier 2 Watch List Country. China did not make much progress in its efforts to fight human trafficking thus it remained a Tier 2 Watch List Country. China is a source‚ transit‚ and destination country. Furthermore‚ trafficking victims from countries adjacent to China are subject to sex trafficking and
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DRUG ADDICTION Addiction in Philippines Specific Purpose: To inform my audience of addiction in Philippines‚ and how addiction effects users‚ and Filipino. Controlling Idea: Addiction has components that influence the behavior in addicts‚ there are scientific reasoning‚ warning signs‚ and treatment alternatives. According to the National Institute of Drug Abuse about half Filipino have a loved one‚ a friend‚ or an acquaintance who is addicted to drugs. I. The definition of drug abuse
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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
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Sex trafficking is a terrible widespread phenomenon in the United States. Human trafficking ranks 3rd in world crime. An U.N. agency estimated the total value of human trafficking at $150 billion. (Tampa bay times) The Government Accountability Office wrote that "human trafficking involves the exploitation of a person typically through force‚ fraud for the purpose of forced labor‚ involuntary servitude or commercial sex." Desperate people might go into debt to smugglers who place them in jobs.
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Human trafficking‚ however‚ is commonly known for its violent nature in which free humans become sex slaves to pimps and are sold to Johns nightly. Foster care seems consistently painted in a positive light‚ while Human Trafficking is known for it’s negative nature. There are theories as to why this may be such; as the foster care is a product of the United States government‚ while the trafficking of humans is something the government wish’s to terminate. Others even claim Human trafficking in a less
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Researched Argument Human trafficking is also called modern day slavery and is defined as holding someone illegally and against their will by form of deception and coercion and turning them into laborers and prostitutes without paying them. It is hard to believe that in the twenty first century‚ slavery still exists especially here at home and right under our noses. This has been an ongoing problem since the nineteenth century. A lot of people were trafficked into the United States and sold as slaves
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An End to Human Trafficking At the ages of 15‚ Mary Cummins and Kathy Abell were abducted and forced into a dark life of exploitation and abuse. They worked in anything that would make money‚ while living in fear never knowing when they would be beaten. “Abell’s nickname was Rocky Raccoon‚ because her face was always so badly beaten. Once she was beaten for 12 hours‚ and locked in the house for 4 days” (Coffey). After 20 years‚ they finally managed to escape and now share their stories with
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the problem of Human trafficking in the United States and its concentration in Houston‚ TX. It’s one of the largest serious organized crimes in the United states and continues to grow. Although little research has been conducted in regards to the Awareness of Human Trafficking in this study it will shine light on what research has been presented on the topic of Human Trafficking Awareness. It will explain what types of subtopics that fall within been classified Human trafficking‚ and how it’s not the
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