Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
PART I FUNDAMENTALS
Chapter 1 Human Trafficking in Context
Root Causes of Human Trafficking: Supply, Demand, and Globalization
International Definition of Human Trafficking
Key Elements of Human Trafficking
Approaches to Combating Human Trafficking
Chapter 2 Challenges, Resources, and Recommendations
Challenges to Understanding Human Trafficking
Additional Factors Causing Confusion in Understanding Human Trafficking
Existing Resources to Improve Our Understanding of Human Trafficking
Global Resources to Monitor Human Trafficking
Chapter 3 Do Traditional Theories Help Us Understand Human Trafficking?
Assessing the Cost/Benefit Ratio: The Motivations of the Trafficker, Victim, and Buyer
Moving Beyond Rational Thinking: Additional Considerations in Explaining the Behavior of Traffickers and Victims at the Individual Level
Moving Beyond the Trafficker and Victim: Exploring the Impact of Ecological Factors
Chapter 4 The Victims of Human Trafficking
Turning Vulnerabilities Into Victimization
Chapter 5 The Traffickers
Organizational Structure of Trafficking Operations
Characteristics of Traffickers
PART II SEX TRAFFICKING
Chapter 6 The Colliding Worlds of Prostitution and Human Trafficking
Push Factors for Prostitution
Are Prostitution and Sex Trafficking the Same Thing?
Efforts to Control Prostitution and Their Impacts on Sex Trafficking
Chapter 7 Moving Past the Prostitution Debate: An Examination of Sex Trafficking
An Introduction to Sex Trafficking
Explaining the Prevalence of Sex Trafficking
Stages in Sex Trafficking
Women and Children Are Not the Only Victims
Chapter 8 Sex Trafficking: Demand and Prevention
Reactions to Sex Trafficking
PART III LABOR TRAFFICKING
Chapter 9 More Than Unfair Labor Practices
What Is Labor Trafficking?
Portrait of Labor Trafficking in the U.S.
Portrait of Labor Trafficking Globally
Vulnerabilities and Demographics of Labor Trafficking Victims
Chapter 10 Responses to Labor Trafficking
Reactions to Labor Trafficking
Theoretical Frameworks Guiding Existing Responses to Labor Trafficking
Recovery: The Identification of Traffickers and Victims
PART IV OTHER FORMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Chapter 11 Child Soldiers
Where Are Child Soldiers Found?
Is This Human Trafficking?
Responses to the Use of Child Soldiers
Chapter 12 Organ Trafficking
Brief History of Organ Transplantation
Brief History of Trafficking in Organs
Forms of Trafficking in Organs
Legal and Ethical Frameworks Pertaining to Trafficking in Organs
Prevalence of Organ Trafficking
Causes of Organ Trafficking
Structure of Organ-Trafficking Operations
Organ Trafficking as Organized Crime
Chapter 13 Forced and Child Marriage
The Fundaments of Forced and Child Marriage
The Prevalence of Forced and Child Marriage
The Condemnation of Child Marriage
Global Perspectives of Child Marriage
What Fuels Child Marriage?
The Consequences of Child Marriage
Responding to Forced and Child Marriage
Predicting the Future of Child Marriage
Chapter 14 Conclusion
Where Do We Go From Here?
Remaining Issues in the Field of Human Trafficking
References
Index