Borderline Slavery : Mexico, United States, and the Human Trade


Susan. Tiano
Bok Engelsk 2012 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Utgitt
Farnham : : Ashgate Publishing Ltd, , 2012.
Omfang
1 online resource (298 p.)
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; PART I: The Global Context: Setting the Stage for Sex and Labor Trafficking; 1 Introduction; 2 Human Trafficking: A Perfect Storm of Contributing Factors; 3 Migration: The Forgotten Link in the Nexus between Freedom from Want and Freedom from Fear; 4 Trafficking in Women and Girls: Commodification for Profit; PART II: Human Trafficking in Mexico; 5 Trata de Personas: Mexico's Efforts; 6 Corazón Azul: A Hope for the Vulnerable. - 12 Aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Labor Exploitation and Human Trafficking of Mexican Nationals to the Gulf CoastPart IV: Combating Human Trafficking: Coordinated Responses Across Communities and Borders; 13 Roadblocks to Legal Help for Trafficking Victims: T-Visas and the Mondragon Raid; 14 A Model for Coordination in Anti-Human Trafficking Task Forces: The El Paso, Texas, Site Protocol; 15 Combating Human Trafficking in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands; Index. - 7 Sex Trafficking in Mexico: The Nexus between Poverty, Violence against Women, and Gender Inequalities8 Assessing Human Trafficking in Mexico: The American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative's Experience; PART III: Human Trafficking along the U.S.-Mexico Border; 9 Human Trafficking and the U.S.-Mexico Border: Reflections on a Complex Issue in a Binational Context; 10 The Best Smugglers in El Paso; 11 Human Trafficking Through Mexico and the Southwest Border: Accounts from Hidalgo and Cochise Counties. - Discussing the multinational networks, global economics, and personal motives that fuel a multibillion dollar trade in human beings as cheap labour, Borderline Slavery suggests future directions for effective policies and law enforcement strategies to prevent the advance of trafficking. As such, it will be of interest to both policy makers and scholars across the social sciences working in the fields of migration, exploitation and trafficking.
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9781409439684

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