Description
Book SynopsisHuman trafficking has emerged as one of the top international and domestic policy concerns, and is well covered and often sensationalized by the media. The nature of the topic combined with various international pressures has resulted in an array of government-led mandates to combat the issue.
The Domestication of Human Trafficking examines Canada’s criminal justice approaches to human trafficking, with a particular focus on the ways in which the intersecting factors of race, class, gender, and sexuality impact practice. Using a wide range of qualitative and empirically grounded research methods, including extensive analysis of court documents, trial transcripts, and interviews with criminal justice actors, this book contributes to much-needed research that examines, specifies, and sometimes complicates the narratives of how trafficking works as a criminal offence. The Domestication of Human Trafficking turns our attention to the ways in which the
Table of Contents
Introduction 1. Legal Regimes 2. The Canadian Victim 3. Policing Trafficking 4. Trafficking on Trial 5. The Villain Conclusion Appendix A: Human Trafficking Cases: Race, Age, Gender, and Visual Depictions of Accused in Media Appendix B: Human Trafficking Charges and Outcomes Appendix C: Interview Participants Appendix D: Interview Questions Appendix E: Case Summaries Appendix F: Expanded Methods References