International and European Standards in Relation to Victims and Survivors of Human Trafficking

Thomson, Kirsty

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“…The proclivity to understand human trafficking in Scotland as invisible or otherwise hidden has been apparent more even recently. From an academic perspective, Kirsty Thomson (2017: 76), in her overview of how states respond to victims and survivors of human trafficking, acknowledged that whilst the issue of human trafficking in Scotland has increasingly come into the purview of the Scottish Government, the precise extent of the issue remains unknown owing to its ‘complex and hidden nature’, a phrase replicated in the Government’s subsequent strategy. A senior police officer in Edinburgh also recently remarked to the media upon the challenges of estimating the extent of human trafficking as one of the city’s ‘biggest hidden crimes’ (Edinburgh Evening News, 2016), and similar sentiments have been repeatedly expressed by police officers from the NHTU (see Police Scotland, 2016; Scottish Government, 2017b).…”

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Still an ‘invisible crime’? Exploring developments in the awareness and control of human trafficking in Scotland

Atkinson

Hamilton-Smith

2020

European Journal of Criminology

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In 2010 Korin Lebov published her article ‘Human trafficking in Scotland’, a state-of-the-field piece that reported on the nature and extent of human trafficking and the challenges in tackling this issue. Several important developments have occurred in the period since, including new enforcement measures, the first prosecutions and convictions for human trafficking in Scottish courts, the establishment of a dedicated policing unit within Scotland’s new police service to tackle such crimes, the passage of specific human trafficking legislation through the Scottish Parliament, and, as a direct result of this legislation, the publication of a bespoke strategy by the Scottish Government to take action against human trafficking and support victims. This article draws upon the findings of a qualitative research study exploring the community impact of organized crime in Scotland and, in doing so, refracts advances in both public awareness of human trafficking and the policing response to this issue through the analytical prism of ‘invisible crimes’. Ultimately, it traces the path of human trafficking from a peripheral and largely ‘invisible’ phenomenon to becoming a core issue of concern in Scotland’s policing and community safety landscape.

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Still an ‘invisible crime’? Exploring developments in the awareness and control of human trafficking in Scotland

Atkinson

Hamilton-Smith

2020

European Journal of Criminology

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“…The U.S. government estimates that there are approximately 800,000 to 900,000 human trafficking victims across the globe annually and “about 18,000 to 20,000 people are trafficked into the United States each year” (Knudsen, 2015, p. 58). To combat human trafficking, countries have passed antitrafficking laws, regulations, and standards (Destefano, 2007; Thomson, 2016); nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) collaborate and/or coordinate to fight against human trafficking (Mertus & Bertone, 2007; Salvi, 2016; Tsalikis, 2011); and educators and advocates voice out concerns for youth and underrepresented groups who are susceptible to human trafficking (Meyers, 2014; Scott et al, 2019). In light of the damages and threats that human trafficking poses to both individuals and society, concerned educators and advocates alike have made concerted efforts to combat this global epidemic in the last decade (Tsalikis, 2011).…”

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Curriculum in Action: Teaching Students to Combat Human Trafficking

Zhu

Crenshaw

Scott

2020

Education and Urban Society

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Human trafficking severely endangers vulnerable individuals from around the globe. Schools play an important role to educate students the potential harms of human trafficking and should become more intentional in providing support services for children who fall victim to human trafficking. The purpose of this study was to examine how preventive curricula on human trafficking can be successfully implemented in schools because of the direct connection to teaching for social justice. Under the theoretical guise of teaching for social justice, researchers reviewed current literature trends on implementing social justice curricula and current models for teaching about human trafficking. Following the qualitative research case study method, interview data, classroom observation, interval recording, and reflexive notes were collected and analyzed for salient themes to emerge. Findings from this study support the notion that anti–human trafficking curriculum can be implemented in public school settings and yield high engagement among students.

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Kahimba

2021

Human Trafficking Under International and Tanzanian Law

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International and European Standards in Relation to Victims and Survivors of Human Trafficking

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Still an ‘invisible crime’? Exploring developments in the awareness and control of human trafficking in Scotland

Still an ‘invisible crime’? Exploring developments in the awareness and control of human trafficking in Scotland

Curriculum in Action: Teaching Students to Combat Human Trafficking

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