Child labor trafficking in the United States: a hidden crime

Emerging research brings more attention to labor trafficking in the United States. However, very few efforts have been made to better understand or respond to labor trafficking of minors. Cases of children forced to work as domestic servants, in factories, restaurants, peddling candy or other goods,...

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Published in:Social Inclusion
Main Author: Kaufka Walts, Katherine (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cogitatio Press 2017
In: Social Inclusion
Further subjects:B Usa
B Child trafficking
B Adolescent
B Crime
B involuntary servitude
B labor trafficking
B Human Trafficking
B Child
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Summary:Emerging research brings more attention to labor trafficking in the United States. However, very few efforts have been made to better understand or respond to labor trafficking of minors. Cases of children forced to work as domestic servants, in factories, restaurants, peddling candy or other goods, or on farms may not automatically elicit suspicion from an outside observer as compared to a child providing sexual services for money. In contrast to sex trafficking, labor trafficking is often tied to formal economies and industries, which often makes it more difficult to distinguish from "legitimate" work, including among adolescents. This article seeks to provide examples of documented cases of child labor trafficking in the United States, and to provide an overview of systemic gaps in law, policy, data collection, research, and practice. These areas are currently overwhelmingly focused on sex trafficking, which undermines the policy intentions of the Trafficking Victims Protection
Item Description:Gesehen am 19.09.2019
ISSN:2183-2803
Contains:Enthalten in: Social Inclusion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.17645/si.v5i2.914
URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2019080214180052550965