1st Edition
Human Trafficking and Disabilities
Introduction: The Intersection of Human Trafficking and Disabilities
D. Peterka-Benton and M. E. Bowman
1. Prevalence of Neurodevelopmental, Mental, and Behavioral Disorders in a Sample of U.S.
Commercially Sexually Exploited Youth, and Associations with Health and Health Care Access
Emily F. Rothman, Julia Cusano, Amelia Wagner, Sarah Lockwood, Carlos A. Cuevas, and Amy Farrell
2. Sex Trafficking Prevention for Youth with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Service Provider Perspectives
Melissa R. Jenkins, Spenser R. Radtke, Cynthia F. Rizo, Sarah Dababnah, Kara Hume, and Ishrat Z. Alam
3. Exploring Consequences of Sex Trafficking Victimization Among Individuals with and without Disabilities
Amber E. Krushas and Teresa C. Kulig
4. The Complex and Marginalized Experiences of BIPOC Trafficked Women: An Examination of
Disabilities, ACEs, Discrimination, and Racism
Jacquelyn C. A. Meshelemiah, Fabián Arroyo Rojas, Hannah Ruth Steinke, Marlene Carson, and
Justin A. Haegele
5. Deaf Populations and Human Trafficking: Risk and Protective Factors for Consideration
Elizabeth Bowman, Caroline M. Kobek Pezzarossi, and Teresa Crowe
6. Including Measures of Disability in Prevalence Studies: Lessons from a Prevalence Estimation Study of Labor Trafficking in the Construction Industry in Houston
Rebecca Pfeffer, Kelle Barrick, Michael Bradshaw, Stephen Tueller, and Natasha Aranguren
7. Unveiling the Long-Term Challenges: Disabilities and Post-Human Trafficking Survival - A Survivor Perspective
Christabelle Robinson, Daniela Peterka-Benton, and Teresa Crowe
Biography
Daniela Peterka- Benton, PhD, is Associate Professor of Justice Studies and Director of the Global Center on Human Trafficking at Montclair State University. She holds a PhD and MEd from the University of Vienna, Austria, and an MS from the University of Cincinnati.
Elizabeth Bowman, PhD, LICSW, LCSW- C, is Associate Professor of Social Work at Gallaudet University and a trafficking survivor. She holds a PhD from Catholic University and an MSW from Gallaudet University.
