HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND
FORCED PROSTITUTION
CARLA J. DUTT
LIBERTY UNIVERSITY
CJUS 620
DR. JARED LINEBACH
TABLE OF CONTENTS
•MODERN SLAVERY??
•PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT ON VICTIMS
•BEHAVIOR AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TACTICS
•LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING
•PUBLIC EYE
•CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE
•PROFESSIONAL SERVICES/ RESOURCES
AVAILABLE
•REFERENCES
•FORCED PROSTITUTION IS A FORM OF
SEXUAL EXPLOITATION THAT FORCES
A PERSON INTO PROSTITUTION FOR
THE EXCHANGE OF MONEY OR
SOMETHING OF VALUE
•HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS THE MODERN
FORM OF SLAVERY (LINEBACK &
KOVACSISS, 2016)
•INVOLVES THE USE OF FORCE, OR
THREAT OF FORCE, DECEPTION AND
MANIPULATION
PROSTITUTION VS. TRAFFICKING
•PROSTITUTION
•USUALLY HAS SOMEONE
OVERSEEING CLIENTS AND MONEY
•VICTIMS ARE ASSIGNED TO AREAS
•VOLUNTARY OR INVOLUNTARY
•PERPETRATOR PREYS ON THE WEAK
MINDED, GULLIBLE AND NAÏVE
•CONSISTS OF A VARIETY OF YOUNG
AND OLDER WOMEN
•COMMON AND MOSTLY TREATED AS
NON-VIOLENT
•TRAFFICKING
•SOMEONE OVERSEEING
CLIENTS AND MONEY
•VICTIMS CAN BE BROUGHT OR
TRADED FOR SEXUAL ACTS
(DOMESTIC OR INTERNATIONAL)
•INVOLUNTARY
•PERPETRATOR PREYS ON THOSE
THAT ARE VULNERABLE
•WOMEN AND CHILDREN
RANGING ALL AGES
•COMMON BUT TREATED AS
VIOLENT OR LIFE THREATENING
PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT
•PTSD
•DEPRESSION
•ANXIETY
•SUICIDE ATTEMPT/IDEATION
•SUBSTANCE ABUSE
BEHAVIORS AND
TACTICS
•1. DEHUMANIZATION
•2. THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO
•3. KEEPING A CLOSE WATCH ON
VICTIMS
•4. DISTRUST OF OTHERS
•5. AVOIDING PHYSICAL ABUSE
•6. THREATS TO CALL THE POLICE
•7. HOPEFUL TIMEFRAME
LAW
ENFORCEMENT
TRAINING
•IT IS THE POLICE’S
OBLIGATION TO PROTECT
AND FIND JUSTICE FOR ALL
VICTIMS WHO NEED IT,
ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE
WHO DO NOT HAVE A
VOICE OF THEIR OWN.
SOCIETY’S VIEW
•THOSE INVOLVED IN
PROSTITUTION HAVE
CHOSEN THAT LIFESTYLE,
THEREFORE, DO NOT
QUALIFY TO BE VICTIMS
•“THAT IS NONE OF MY
BUSINESS”
CHRISTIAN
PERSPECTIVE
P 82:4
2 J 1:6
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES/
RESOURCES
PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES/ RESOURCES
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