ABSTRACT
Trafficking in human beings (THB) has been described as modern slavery. It is a serious criminal activity that has significant ramifications for the human rights of the victims. It poses major challenges to the state, society and individual victims. THB is not a static given but a constantly changing concept depending on societal changes and opinions, economic situations and legal developments. THB occurs both transnationally and within countries. The complexity of THB is such that it requires a wide range of expertise fully to address the phenomenon.
Edited by a team of leading international academics, the Routledge Handbook of Human Trafficking will provide an interdisciplinary introduction to THB. It is aimed at academics, students, research universities and non-governmental organisations, as well as policy makers. It will review THB through the lens of law, anthropology, social and political science and will address statistical, data protection issues and showcase the most effective research methods, analyse the various actors and stakeholders and the different types of exploitation of trafficked persons. It will critically highlight and analyse the most pressing current challenges posed by THB.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|106 pages
International and regional regimes on anti-trafficking
chapter 6|10 pages
Human trafficking in the context of labour migration in Southeast Asia
part 2|61 pages
Types of exploitation
part 3|67 pages
Particular legal issues
chapter 14|14 pages
The non-punishment provision with regard to victims of trafficking
chapter 18|12 pages
Prosecution of trafficking in human beings in civil law systems
part 4|79 pages
Needs of victims of trafficking
chapter 22|18 pages
Being home
part 5|61 pages
Critical discourses of the anti-trafficking framework
chapter 28|11 pages
Disrupting religious privilege
part 6|37 pages
Statistics, data and knowledge
part 7|53 pages
Actors, stakeholders and institutions
chapter 33|12 pages
Changing the system from within
part 8|75 pages
Economic aspects