Discusses the author's investigation of the mechanics and economics of the sex trafficking industry in various places, including India, Nepal, Western Europe, Moldova, Thailand, and the United States, and proposes measures that could undermine the profitability of the illegal activity.
"Explores the dynamics of sex trafficking from the angles of survivors, traffickers, buyers, and the social service and criminal justice professionals who work in the field"
A Crime So Monstrous by E. Benjamin Skinner
ISBN: 9780743290074
Publication Date: 2008-03-11
Examines the current status of slavery and human trafficking in dozens of places such as Dubai, Bucharest, India, Haiti, and Eastern Europe, reporting on sexual trafficking in particular, and also describes the work of John Miller, America's antislavery czar, and the work of faith-based antislavery groups.
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Based on ethnographic fieldwork from Santa Barbara, California, this book sheds light on the ways that food insecurity prevails in women's experiences of migration from Mexico and Central America to the United States. As women grapple with the pervasive conditions of poverty that hinder efforts at getting enough to eat, they find few options for alleviating the various forms of suffering that accompany food insecurity. Examining how constraints on eating and feeding translate to the uneven distribution of life chances across borders, and how 'food security' comes to dominate national policy in the United States, this book argues for understanding women's relations to these processes as inherently biopolitical.
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