Human Sex Trafficking

This book focuses on human sex trafficking and recognizes and responds to modern day sex slavery. The book also discusses both domestic and international sex trafficking and seeks to distinguish prostitution from sexual slavery.
This book was published as a special issue of Women and Criminal Justice.

Frances P. Bernat is an Associate Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University. She holds both a Juris Doctorate and a Ph.D. in Political Science. Her research focuses on current legal issues that impact on women as victims and offenders, and on the intersection of race and class on crime and punishment.

Introduction 1. Human Sex Trafficking, The Local Situation becomes Global: Laws and Policies Frances P. Bernat 2. International News Coverage of Human Trafficking Arrests and Prosecutions Erin Denton A Legal Response 3. Laws against Human Trafficking in 2005 in Japan Minoru Yokoyama 4. Taking Trafficking to Court May-Len Skilbrei Sex Trafficking around the World 5. Victims of Sex Trafficking in Turkey: Characteristics, Motivations and Dynamics Oguzhan Omer Demir and James O. Finckenauer 6. Pimp Control and Violence: Domestic Sex Trafficking of Chicago Women and Girls Jody Raphael, Jessica Ashley and Mark Powers 7. Understanding the Complexities of Human Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation: The Case of Southeast Asia Ashley G. Blackburn, Robert W. Taylor and Jennifer E. Davis Solutions 8. T Visas: Prosecution Tool or Humanitarian Response? Joycelyn M. Pollock and Valerie Hollier 9. Doors Wide Shut: Barriers to the Successful Delivery of Victim Services for Domestically Trafficked Minors in a Southern U.S. Metropolitan Area Joan A. Reid 10. Methodological Challenges: Getting Access to Active Sex Trafficking Ring Choo Kyungseok Conclusion 11. Sex Trafficking, The Global becomes Local Frances P. Bernat and Heather Winkler