...Although, there is many diverse social issues that challenge the United States, human trafficking seems to be prominent due to the lack of prevention and awareness. Since, many individuals rely on name brand companies to provide necessities, and a fair amount of those companies engage in human trafficking. Human trafficking is also prominent because of the migration aspect of it, usually individuals who live in poverty. Human trafficking in the United States is an increasing societal issue causing individuals to feel vulnerable in their communities but by becoming aware as a consumer and implementing more jobs and better protection to those who need, as a society this issue can be tackled. Human trafficking challenges societies all over the...
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...Tiapula and Turkel (2008) state that, “One of the common misconceptions of trafficking is that it involves only foreign born victims crossing international borders into the United States.” Human trafficking, as defined in the North Dakota Century Code, involves sexual exploitation of a victim if that victim is less than eighteen years of age or if coercion is used for an individual of any age. Commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) in the United States is sometimes referred to as domestic minor sex trafficking (Bounds, Julion, & Delaney, 2015). Federal legislation has defined human trafficking as enslavement of individuals through means of force, fraud, or coercion (Farrell & Fahy, 2009). The term human trafficking has multiple...
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...While the 13th amendment wiped slavery from the face of America in the 19th century; today, just under the surface, modern day slavery brews: human trafficking. From domestic servitude, to sex slaves, the number of victims has been rising exponentially each year. The trade of human beings is one of the fastest growing problems facing today’s society; because the United States is “the land of the free,” (Star Spangled Banner) many turn a blind eye to its existence as they don’t believe that such an atrocious violation of human rights could exist where there are equal rights extended to all people, and action must be taken in order to protect the innocents involved. When most people think of human trafficking their minds typically jump to foreign...
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...Final Capstone Project Sam Hunt CRJ 422 Instructor Bob Carthio February 20, 2016 Final Capstone Project In the 19th Century the United States government abolished slavery, but for many years now and even currently within our country we are facing a major crisis. This crisis is in the form of modern day slavery, which is also referred to as human trafficking. Human trafficking comes in several forms and it can in many ways be a hidden problem within our country that many people do not see on a day to day basis. Many people may not ever actually see the problem of human trafficking at all in their lifetime. Human trafficking has many different effects on its victims, but the most damaging effect caused by human trafficking is the psychological effects that can last a lifetime and can cause many future problems, such as being able to function properly and being able to trust others again after their terrible experience. Basically to be able to summarize the issue of human trafficking, we must first take a look at what exactly human trafficking is. Human trafficking is in its most basic form an aspect of modern day slavery as we would compare it to. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2000), human trafficking is, “Trafficking in persons as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse...
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...The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is a global organization that is based throughout the world in over 150 countries. It is a leader in the fight against international crime, illegal drugs, crime and terrorism. Cultural issues are part of this organizations responsibility as it seeks to assist Member States in concerted efforts to improve the lives of everyday people. As global threats are on the rise, the UNODC continues to grow and its impact can be felt on many ethical and social levels. In 1987 there were two United Nations Divisions for Drug and Crime Prevention that combined into the organization known today as the UNODC. The UNODC came into existence as a means to better assist the UN in issues of international importance. They launch campaigns every year to raise awareness against drugs and crime and commemorate International Anti-Corruption Day. It is a member of the United Nations Development Group and has a broad spectrum of international aims and functions. It employs about 1,500 people that are based throughout the world. Its main field and liaison offices are located in New York City, Brussels, and Vienna, Austria. The current Executive Director is Yuri Fedotov, formally a Russian Ambassador to the United Kingdom. The Strategy for the UNODC covering the next three years has been set in motion. According to United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime website (2012), it encompasses areas with sound based programs such as; “countering...
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...Human trafficking is a global phenomenon nowadays known as modern day slavery. Human trafficking exists in the form of sex trafficking, bonded labor, slavery and similar practices. According to several researches poverty lays as the most contributing factor for being a victim of trafficking. Human Trafficking have become a billion dollar industry with investors, recruiters and public officials partnering in the business Globalization enabled easy transportation between countries due to expansion of service industry. In the meantime, these developments in service industry and transportation facilitate trafficking in person. The traffickers utilize various ways to transport them through borders. For instance, they provide high quality forged...
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...literature review addresses the question of what human service agencies in the state of Idaho do to combat domestic minor sex-trafficking. The purpose of this research study is to explore the ideology of different research studies that explain and identify effective strategies to prevent domestic minor-sex trafficking in neighborhoods and communities. Sex-trafficking is a social problem because, “the crime of people trafficking is an assault on human rights” (Heredia, 2008, p. 399). The issue of Fighting against sex-trafficking was addressed at the UN convention when a protocol was set to tackle the problems of sex-trafficking. There are strategies and interventions used by international and national human service agencies to assist the sex-trafficking victims. Shared Hope International and partner non-profit organizations stated the importance of protecting the victims, preventing the crime and prosecuting the perpetrators, and also have decided to act upon the problem (Shared Hope International, 2009). Further in the study, the researcher will provide detailed analysis of the strategies used by the human service agencies to aid the victims of trafficking. These strategies will include training law enforcement to investigate human trafficking cases, improving communication between the human service agencies and law enforcement, and enhancing the scope of research. Strategies and Implementation Identifying victims of trafficking Relevant studies have been found to identify...
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...have sex. In fact, someone could buy a couple people for the express purpose of sex in today’s underground market of sex trafficking. The average international going rate right now to have a sex slave is $90, while just two hundred years ago, the price for a slave was a $40,000 (Incencio). Contrast those figures with the fact that sex trade industry has blossomed into a cool $32 billion a year business. While it is inane to believe that a human life can be devalued at a mere $90, it is unequally as asinine to consider the truth that our own country, the “Land of the Free and Home of the Brave,” ranks as one of the foremost perpetrators for sex trafficking in the entire world. At any given moment in our beloved country, it is estimated that there are least 10,000 people being forced to work whether in sweatshops, prostitution rings, or other businesses. This number is incredibly low due to the secretive nature, too, meaning, it is quite realistic to assume that there are so many more people being forced into scandals like prostitution (Tanneeru). Delving just a bit further into the facts, one can easily discover that our beloved California houses three of the top cities in the world for sex trafficking: San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego (U.S. Department of State). Right now, the unfortunate reality is, while most people have heard of sex trafficking and are aware of the negative connotation it carries, there are many that aren’t aware that is happens in our own country...
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...Sex trafficking is the most widespread form of human trafficking. Although, it is a global issue, awareness has spread recently due to media exposure. The effects of sex trafficking, in particular with women and children, include an increased risk for infectious diseases, pregnancy, pain and mental illnesses such as mood disorders and posttraumatic stress disorder. Rick factors for becoming a victim in sex trafficking include untreated conditions, lack of education and extreme poverty. In order for a smooth transition for survivors to enter back into society, they need to be able to receive holistic and individualized services. The research question, does the presence of absence of mental health care services affect a survivor’s ability to...
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...into a life of servitude (slavery). “Although it’s the 14th largest economy in the world, rural Mexico is still very unequal. Depending on the measure, between one-third and one-half of Mexicans live in poverty and up to 18 percent live in extreme poverty, unable to meet their basic food needs.” ("Bread For The World Institute", 2011). In this paper I will discuss death rates, risks and benefits (to include programs) of crossing through the desert for an undetermined future in the United States of America. I will also focus on the trafficking and prostitution rings between the United States and Central America. By the end of this paper I will have explained how and why these issues of Central American’s immigrating into the United States meet the specifications of the Social Structure Theory because of the poverty disturbance in their system. * Understanding the Social Structure Theory Moffitt (2015), “Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) was an English philosopher. Spencer compared society to a human body. In the same way each part of the body works in harmony with other parts, each part of society works in harmony with all other parts. If we want to understand the...
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...means to reduce incentives to participate it. A. Background of the Study Drug is, in the broadest of terms, a chemical substance that has known biological effects on humans or other animals. Foods are generally excluded from this definition, in spite of their physiological effects on animal species. In pharmacology, a drug is “a chemical substance used in the treatment, cure, prevention, or diagnosis of disease or used to otherwise enhance physical or mental well-being. Pharmaceutical drugs may be used for a limited duration, or on a regular basis for chronic disorders. Psychoactive drugs are chemical substances that affect the function of the nervous system, altering perception, mood or consciousness. Alcohol, nicotine, and caffeine are the most widely consumed psychoactive drugs worldwide. Recreational drugs are drugs that are not used for medical purpose, but are instead used for pleasure. Common recreational drugs include alcohol, nicotine, and caffeine, as well as other substances such as opiates and amphetamines. Some drugs can cause addiction and habituation and all drugs can cause side effects. Many drugs are illegal for recreational purpose and international treaties such as the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs exist for the purpose of legally prohibiting certain substances. History of Drug Trafficking Chinese edicts against opium smoking were made in 1729, 1796 and 1800. Addictive drugs were prohibited in the west in the...
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...rights movement led by Martin Luther King Jr, not everyone is free in America. Examples of people not having the same rights as others and injustices would be different standards of schooling between areas, ICE choosing to deport people based on posts from social media, and the sex trafficking going on in America. These issues are of huge importance if we are to grow as a country. A Great example of lack of civil rights is Ice and the fact that they are using a machine to deport people. (ICE) announced it would be using technology like machine learning to automatically vet every visitor to the United States. Under this plan — known as the “Extreme Vetting Initiative” ICE would continuously scan “media, blogs, public hearings, conferences, academic websites, social media websites such as Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn,” and unidentified “internet sites” to automatically flag a minimum of 10,000 people per year for deportation or visa renewal. Tech experts say that the Extreme Vetting...
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...Organized crime acts with clearly defined business criteria, planning their activities in accordance with the economic criteria of supply and demand, looking at the impact of research and action penalizing the state, a situation that allows them to regulate the upward or downward prices. Similarly, they structure their activity with the division of labor and specialization of labor. In Colombia for example it is absolutely clear; is merely observe the management model of organizations dedicated to drug trafficking, organized gangs of kidnappers, groups that launder money, multinational organizations, the trafficking, trade in precursors for the production of coca, posters gasoline, counterfeiters, etc. There is very little agreement about what is organized crime. The various perspectives with which he has been treated show that protein is a highly changeable phenomenon, complex, and therefore difficult to apprehend in theoretical concepts and, even more, in criminal law. Several factors combine to pay in this difficulty. First, it is a relatively new phenomenon, or at least perceived in its social dimension does very little in regard to Europe. Second, it is a more abstract traditional criminal phenomena such as drug trafficking offenses, money laundering, human trafficking, etc.; methods of operation; criminal liability; transnational activities, and their respective political criminals, among others. Third, the work of the various countries is strongly influenced by their own...
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...reinforce our commitment to shared responsibility and the basic principles of health and human rights. The 2011 World Drug Report documents developments in global drug markets and tries to explain the factors that drive them. Its analysis of trends and emerging challenges informs national and international drug and crime priorities and policies, and provides a solid foundation of evidence for counternarcotics interventions. Drug markets and drug use patterns change rapidly, so measures to stop them must also be quick to adapt. Thus the more comprehensive the drug data we collect and the stronger our capacity to analyze the problem, the better prepared the international community will be to respond to new challenges. Drug use affects not only individual users, but also their families, friends, co-workers and communities. Children whose parents take drugs are themselves at greater risk of drug use and other social problems that harm communities. In some regions, illicit drug use is contributing to the rapid spread of infectious diseases like HIV and hepatitis. Drug trafficking, the critical link between supply and demand, is fuelling a global criminal enterprise valued in the hundreds of billions of dollars that poses a growing challenge to stability and security. Drug traffickers and organized criminals are forming transnational networks, sourcing drugs on one continent, trafficking them across another, and marketing them in a third. In some...
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...a social worker, at the Women’s Community Centre, there is a need to research issues surrounding this cohort of women and the best practices that may be implemented to support them without causing further risk of harm. I ask that the board of Women’s Community Centre support this research. Human trafficking is described by the United Nations (2009) as the acquisition of persons by improper means, either by force, fraud or deception, with the explicit aim of exploiting these persons. World Vision (2012), state that people who are trafficked are placed into many different exploitive situations. These include: ‘commercial sex workers, sex shows, pornography….. non-commercial sexual exploitation through marriage’. They also note the rise in online sexual exploitation through the use of video-cams and the internet. Literature Review With the increase number of Asian women, who are presenting to our service, who state they have been bought to Australia and now find themselves ‘bonded’ and working in the sex trade industry, it has become evident that the circumstances of their situation would require workers who are aware of the Australian laws and the circumstances around trafficking as well as being culturally sensitive to their needs. I commenced my research with a review of available literature in order to find ways in which to offer support and guidance to these women who have been victimised. As our service uses a...
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