1st Edition
Human Trafficking Hysteria Historical and Modern Perspectives on Moral Panics, Media, and Crime
By Sarah Hupp Williamson
Copyright 2025
130 Pages
by
Routledge
130 Pages
by
Routledge
130 Pages
by
Routledge
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Through cultural criminology, this book brings together existing research to provide an overview of historical and modern moral panics related to human trafficking.
What do you picture when you hear the words human trafficking? Perhaps you imagine someone kidnapped and sold as shown in films or worry that sex trafficking increasingly occurs online or in big cities during major events. While sex... Read more
1. INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING 2. CULTURAL CRIMINOLOGY AND MORAL PANIC THEORY 3. THE WHITE SLAVE PANIC 4. THE POP CULTURE PANIC 5. THE SPORTING EVENT PANIC 6. THE SOCIAL MEDIA PANIC 7. CONCLUSION
Biography
Sarah Hupp Williamson is an Associate Professor of Criminology at the University of West Georgia. Her several lines of research examine the intersections of globalization, inequality, and crime. She is the author of Human Trafficking in the Era of Global Migration: Unraveling the Impact of Neoliberal Economic Policy and Criminology Explains Human Trafficking.
