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Record Nr.

UNINA9910162917603321

Autore

Aronowitz Alexis A. <1956->

Titolo

Human trafficking : a reference handbook / / Alexis A. Aronowitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : ABC-CLIO, , 2017

New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2023

ISBN

979-84-00-66749-7

979-82-16-10002-7

1-4408-3485-7

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxi, 406 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Contemporary world issues

Altri autori (Persone)

AronowitzAlexis A. <1956->

Disciplina

306.3/62

Soggetti

Human smuggling

Human smuggling - Prevention

Human trafficking

Human trafficking - Prevention

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revised edition of the author's Human trafficking, human misery, 2009.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Background and history -- Problems, controversies, and solutions -- Perspectives -- Profiles -- Data and documents.

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers a in-depth look at human trafficking in its many forms, ranging from single operators to large, transnational organizations and how they coerce, deceive, and exploit their victims in the domestic service, farming, construction, and sex industries as well as in the harvesting of organs. It eables a greater appreciation for the social, economic, cultural, and environmental factors that contribute to human trafficking and how these crimes should be addressed.