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Deeply researched and scrupulously even-handed, this work provides readers with a clear and accurate understanding of human trafficking and related issues related to socioeconomic inequality, human rights, and international law.

Human Trafficking: Examining the Facts exposes falsehoods, half-truths, and distortions about trafficking that have gained traction in America's political and cultural discourse. When warranted, it also confirms the veracity of other claims about the nature and infrastructure of trafficking networks and the harrowing experiences of women, men, and children trapped in those dehumanizing systems.

Special areas of focus include chapters devoted to quantifying the scope and reach of human trafficking around the world; prosecution and prevention strategies; the experiences of trafficking survivors and the important role they play in anti-trafficking efforts; and the successes and failures of anti-trafficking initiatives carried out by governments and law enforcement agencies around the world.

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• List of Illustrations(ix)
• How to Use This Book(x)
• Acknowledgments(xii)
• 1 Numbers Never Lie? Estimating the Nature and Scope of Human Trafficking(1)
• Q1 How Many People Are Trafficked in the United States and Around the World?(2)
• Q2 How Widespread Is Sex and Labor Trafficking in the United States?(10)
• Q3 Does Labor Trafficking Occur in the United States?(20)
• Q4 Is There One Internationally Recognized Method Used for Estimating Human Trafficking?(32)
• Q5 Why Do Campaigns to End Human Trafficking Feature Stories of Former Trafficking Victims?(43)
• 2 The 3P Framework: Prevention, Prosecution, and Protection and Assistance(51)
• Q6 What Is the Trafficking Victims Protection Act and the 3P Framework?(52)
• Q7 Partnership: What Is the So-Called "Fourth P" in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act?(59)
• Q8 Prosecution: Is Law Enforcement an Important Aspect of Combating Human Trafficking?(67)
• Q9 Protection: Is Victim Assistance an Important Part of Combating Human Trafficking?(73)
• Q10 Prevention: Is "Moving Upstream" the Most Essential Part of Stopping Human Trafficking?(80)
• 3 Survivors: Language, Image, Life(89)
• Q11 Victim versus Survivor: Does the Language Used in Discussing Human Trafficking Matter?(90)
• Q12 Is Survivor-Informed, Survivor-Centered Engagement an Important Part of Anti-Trafficking Work?(96)
• Q13 Can Images Subliminally Reinforce Misconceptions about Human Trafficking?(103)
• Q14 What Barriers Do Trafficking Survivors Face to Escape and Obtain Care?(109)
• Q15 Can Trafficking Be Reduced by Targeting Buyers?(116)
• Q16 Has Production of Electric Vehicles Been Linked to Forced Labor?(122)
• 4 Countering Trafficking in Persons(131)
• Q17 Have Some Anti-Trafficking and Law Enforcement Entities Been Rocked by Trafficking Scandals Themselves?(132)
• Q18 Is the National Human Trafficking Hotline an Effective Tool for Combating Human Trafficking?(139)
• Q19 Are the Experiences of Trafficking Survivors Being Incorporated into Anti-Trafficking Work?(148)
• 5 Learning from Lived Experience: What Survivors Are Telling Us(159)
• Q20 Have Researchers Found Links between Trafficking, Homelessness, and Drug Addiction?(159)
• Q21 What Negative Health Impacts Are Associated with Human Trafficking?(171)
• Q22 Do Other Forms of Human Trafficking Exist?(179)
• 6 The Long Arc of Slavery(189)
• Q23 How Long Has Slavery Been in Existence?(190)
• Q24 How Did the Modern Anti-Slavery Movement Develop?(196)
• Index(207)

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CHOICE Review

Lederer has consulted with and worked for a myriad of government agencies and non-profits with a focus on human trafficking and Title IX issues. Her work typically concentrates on women, which means that the present study focuses overwhelmingly on prostitution and sexual slavery. The book defines well its subject, methodologies, and outcomes, and provides useful further readings. Lederer aggregates data on related studies, giving her work the appearance of a meta-analysis or systemic review. This is the strongest part of the work, allowing the author to review and critique different methodologies. The book is broken down into 24 questions across six chapters, which are easy to read and digest, particularly for students and casual readers. What is curiously absent is any discussion of ethnicity or race. Lederer's fixation on sexual slavery minimizes other forms of human trafficking, such as labor exploitation and smuggling people across borders. She offers brief sections on labor exploitation, but these are cursory and likely only mentioned because they led to court cases in the US. Overall, this is an excellent examination of the methodologies for studying human trafficking and sexual slavery in particular. Summing Up: Recommended. All readers. --Walter Michael Fontane, McNeese State University

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Laura J. Lederer, J.D., is a Subject Matter Expert on Human Trafficking and President of Global Centurion, an anti-trafficking NGO, Recent projects have included the development of a data collection instrument for tracking labor and sex trafficking cases in the Department of Defense; the development of the HHS SOAR to Health and Wellness training on human trafficking for healthcare professionals; training and technical assistance efforts on human trafficking for HHS's Family Youth Services Bureau (FSYB); and specialized training and supplemental materials on human trafficking for the Office of Population Affairs (OPA) Title X Family Planning Clinics.