Human trafficking in Europe : character, causes and consequences /

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Imprint:New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Description:x, 230 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8128015
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Other authors / contributors:Wylie, Gillian, 1969-
McRedmond, Penelope, 1963-
ISBN:9780230229099 (hardback)
0230229093 (hardback)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"This book focuses on human trafficking in Europe for labour and sexual exploitation. It includes empirical work on trafficking throughout Europe, identifying underlying causes in globalisation, migration policies and gender inequality. It questions whether European responses-from policy makers or civil society are adequate to meet the challenge"--
Table of Contents:
  • List of Tables
  • Notes on Contributors
  • 1. Introduction: Human Trafficking and Europe
  • 2. Slavery: Exception or Rule?
  • 3. Theoretical Perspectives on Understanding Slavery: Past and Present Challenges
  • 4. Shirking Responsibilities: Receiving Countries and the Structural Causes of Conflict-Related Child Trafficking
  • 5. The Phenomenon of Trafficking in Human Beings: The Case of Poland
  • 6. A Business of Supply and Demand: The Trafficking of Women and Girls from Russia and Ukraine
  • 7. Trafficking in Albania: The Present Reality
  • 8. Lap Dancing Clubs and Red Light Milieu: A Context for Sex-Trafficking of Women to Ireland?
  • 9. Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation: Researching the Demand Side
  • 10. Preventing Trafficking in Human Beings: The Case of Moldova
  • 11. Accessing Help and Services: Trafficking Survivors' Experiences in the United Kingdom
  • 12. Defining Organized Crime in the Context of Human Trafficking
  • 13. Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction: A Prosecutorial Tool to Combat Child Trafficking from Albania
  • 14. Conclusion
  • Index