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~ Course Outline ~ Aspects of
Human Trafficking Introduction This 3 credit seminar-style course surveys the broad spectrum of trafficking in humans in the 21st century, including both reactive and proactive methods of countering it at the international, national and local levels. Students will engage with local school systems to present brief awareness-raising, cautionary talks along with strategies to detect and evade entrapment. Part 1 -- Human Trafficking Definitions and Discussion v Human Trafficking – What does that expression encompass? Who does the trafficking? Who are the trafficked? What are the sociological factors? What are the rewards, economic or otherwise, of trafficking? Is there politics in Human Trafficking? v Migration, smuggling and the difference between trafficking and smuggling v Commodification of women v Commodification of children v Forced Labor - involuntary servitude in factories, farms, fishing vessels, and homes; and captured to serve as child soldiers. Also used in street vending, mining, and stone quarries. Religious teachers also traffic boys, called almajiri, for forced begging. v Debt Bondage – Is debt bondage acceptable vs. starvation? v Deception of Parents v Deception of Victims v Disappearances – Children & Adults v Evil beyond Belief – Extraordinary brutality v Exploitation of Aboriginals v Exploitation of Children v Exploitation of Refugees v Exploitation of Runaways v Forced Marriage – Is forced marriage acceptable when it is cultural? v Keeping Victims in Line v Kidnapping v Official Complicity v Poverty v Prevention v Progress v Progress needed v Prostitution – Should prostitution always be considered forced? Should prostitution be made illegal? Should the buying of sex be made illegal rather than the selling of sex? Is there such a thing as voluntary prostitution, and is all prostitution a form of Human Trafficking? v Rape v Rehabilitation v Religion & Slavery v Transfer of a Child For Purposes Of Exploitation – v
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v Slavery in the Home (Domestics) Mapping Trafficking Activity v Analysis: Which broad geographic areas in the world rate poorly re: U.S. State Dept. Office of Trafficking in Persons Tier-ratings? v Analysis: Which broad geographic areas in the world rate poorly re: GDP v Analysis: Is it possible to draw a correlation between GDP and HT? Why or Why not? Entrapment v How do people become entrapped? v How can one recognize and avoid situations that may lead to entrapment? v What can you do to save yourself when you first suspect that you are being delivered to a buyer? v Why do people take chances and put themselves or others at risk? v How are victims kept in slave-like situations and prevented from escaping? Escape v What can you do to escape after you have been enslaved? v Resources that might be accessible to people who are currently enslaved Support for Rescued Victims
of Trafficking v Assistance with repatriation -- v Rehabilitation -- Temporary accommodations and job-training programs v T-visas – Why are they not being claimed? Combating Human Trafficking Reactive v Tracing slavery in the supply chain – how can consumers avoid products that were produced with slave labor? v Legislation to punish traffickers v Access To And Conversion Of Victims To Potential Witnesses v Education for law enforcement officials Proactive v A worldwide volunteer network of local job-verification offices staffed by NGOs where targeted victims can inquire regarding the legitimacy of enticing opportunities that are offered to them. v Innovative public school programs to raise awareness in children so that they will be less likely to trust seemingly friendly acquaintances and make bad decisions that can have terrible consequences. v A long-term educational strategy to eliminate HT & Modern-day Slavery v National help lines v Plans of Action to combat HT Relevant International Law v
The Relevant v Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, with subsequent reauthorization acts v The TIP report v Contesting the TIP report Part 2 – Long-term consequences for Victims v Street Children -- A component of the street child population is made up of former victims of HT who have escaped to the street and work at begging, selling, prostitution, etc to survive. v
The life of a street child – v Repatriation – How are victims treated when they return to their homes and families? Reading
List Kevin Bales - Disposable People: New Slavery in the
Global Economy Kevin Bales & Becky Cornell - Slavery Today: A
Groundwork Guide Kevin Bales & Ron Soodalter
- The Slave Next Door Kevin Bales - Modern Slavery: The Secret World of 27
Million People Kevin Bales, Zoe Trodd, & Alex Kent Williamson - Modern Slavery: A
Beginners Guide Kevin Bales & Zoe Trodd (ed) - To Plead Our Own Cause: Personal Stories by
Today’s Slaves David Batstone - Not for Nita Belles - In Our Backyard: A Christian Perspective
on Human Trafficking in the Aaron Cohen - Slave Hunter: One Man's Global Quest
to Free Victims of Human Trafficking Pam Cope with Aimee Molloy - Jansten’s
Gift: A True Story of Grief, Rescue, and Grace Kathryn Farr - Sex Trafficking: The Global Market in
Women and Children Teresa L. Flores with PeggySue
Wells - The Slave Across the Street Rahila Gupta - Enslaved: The New British Slavery Siddharth Kara - Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of
Modern Slavery Lisa Kristine (photography by) - Slavery Maggy Lee - Trafficking and Global Crime Control Joanna Lumley - Radhika's
Story: Surviving Human Trafficking Victor Malarek - The Natashas: Inside the New Global Sex Trade Victor Malarek - The
Johns: Sex for Somaly Mam - The Road of Lost
Innocence Julia O'Connell Davidson - Children in the Global
Sex Trade Louise Shelley - Human Trafficking: A Global
Perspective E. Benjamin Skinner - A Crime So Monstrous:
Face-to-Face with Modern-Day Slavery Louisa Waugh - Selling Olga: Stories of Human
Trafficking ( Research
Papers Papers must be printed on 8.5” x 11” white paper. A
title page is required, containing the title of your paper, your name, and
the date. Text is to be double spaced, using Times New Roman formatting with
12 point font. Pages must be numbered, though page one is never numbered.
Grammar, punctuation, and spelling are graded. A rough draft. is due in
class on ______. And the final
research paper (a minimum of 30 pages)is due in
class on ______. Grading Students in this course will be graded for weekly
presentations and a final research paper. A student’s final grade for the
course will be weighted as follows: Attendance and participation 30% Weekly presentations: 40% Research Paper: 30% Course Structure Each week calls for intensive research in
preparation for a ten-minute classroom presentation, followed by interactive
class discussion. Because of time
constraints, not all students will have an opportunity to present every week
but must be prepared to do so nonetheless.
Student will encounter ample topics for a final paper to be submitted
at the conclusion of the course. Class Participation & Assignments The course is seminar-based, and as such requires
active participation on the part of all students. |