Title
Research on Human Trafficking: Critical Perspectives and Thoughts on New Directions
Document Type
Book Section
Publication Date
4-9-2018
Publication Title
The Routledge Handbook of Critical Criminology
Publisher
Routledge
Edition
2
First page number:
411
Last page number:
426
Abstract
This chapter begins with a discussion of the tenets of critical criminology and how such a framework can be applied to future research on human trafficking. It discusses multidimensional trends of human trafficking. A comprehensive review of relevant research dedicated to human trafficking is explored which allows for a conversation surrounding contested rates, inconsistent definitional issues, attachments to international policy, various manifestations of the phenomenon, as well as some most commonly cited methodological limitations and theoretical deficiencies. In thinking about the definition of human trafficking, past research has also explored the ways in which public and government agencies have defined the phenomenon and how these definitions have influenced current trafficking policies. A critical criminological perspective will continue with this line of inquiry and address the possibility that special interest groups, nonprofit organizations, and governments may actually intensify the phenomenon of human trafficking to support their particular political interests and agendas.
Keywords
Human trafficking; Trafficking networks; Critical criminology
Disciplines
Criminology and Criminal Justice | Legal Studies | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Language
English
Repository Citation
Troshynski, E. I.,
Tuttle, O. G.
(2018).
Research on Human Trafficking: Critical Perspectives and Thoughts on New Directions.
The Routledge Handbook of Critical Criminology
411-426.
Routledge.