1st Edition
Exploring Human Trafficking Pathways and Narratives of Desistance
Introduction – Human Trafficking: An Enduring Problem
Sean Byrne
1. Intergenerational Pathways into Family Sex Market Facilitation
Amber Horning, Michelle Poirier, and Sara Jordenö
2. "I Needed People to Tell Me No": Exploring How Participation in a Human Trafficking Specialty Docket Affects Survivors of Sex Trafficking Experiences of Trauma Bonding
Kaitlin Casassa, Gwen England and Sharvari Karandikar
3. Barriers and Facilitators to Leaving a Trafficker: A Qualitative Analysis of the Accounts of People Who Have Experienced Sex Trafficking
Rebecca Pfeffer, Kelle Barrick, and Terri Galvan
4. Human Trafficking Law Enforcement over the Victims and Offenders: The Perspective of Anti-trafficking Stakeholders
Fakhrul Islam
5. Exploring Human Traffickers’ Means of Control: What Does Citizenship Got to Do with It?
Brianna Yoder, Rebecca Entress, Xi Huang, Abdul-Akeem Sadiq, Justin Miller and Martiza Concha
6. Risky Business: Deadliest Predictors of Sex-Trade Worker Sexual Victimization
Sarah Paquette, Julien Chopin, Eric Beauregard, and Francis Fortin
7. Human Trafficking Hotline Analysis: Insights from the State of Tennessee
Ben Stickle, Popy Begum and Carter F. Smith
Biography
Sean Byrne received a BA (2023) and MA in English and American Literature (2024) at Boston University. He is currently completing work on his doctorate in English Literature at Claremont Graduate University, California, USA. His research has been published in Women's Studies: An Inter-disciplinary Journal, and in Victims & Offenders. He is the co-editor of Scams, Cons, Frauds, and Deceptions: Online and In-Person Victimization Schemes (Routledge, 2024).
