Ending Human Trafficking and Modern-Day Slavery
Freedom's Journey
- Annalisa Enrile - University of Southern California, USA
Bringing together conceptual, practice, and advocacy knowledge, Ending Human Trafficking and Modern-Day Slavery: Freedom's Journey explores the complexities of human trafficking and modern-day slavery through a global perspective. This comprehensive, multidisciplinary text includes a discussion of the root causes and structural issues that continue to plague society, as well as real-life case studies and vignettes, the words of human trafficking survivors, and insights from first responders and anti-trafficking advocates. Each chapter includes a “call to action” to inspire readers to implement a range of strategies designed to disrupt, eradicate, or mitigate human trafficking and modern-day slavery.
"This excellent text offers a meaningful contribution to knowledge on the pressing issue of human slavery. Its use of a systems perspective coupled with an emphasis on advocacy represents an ideal combination of scholarship and practice vital to any examination — and response — to human trafficking."
“Labor trafficking continues to be an invisible issue. Enrile takes labor trafficking out of the shadows and puts it in plain view for the reader; highlighting the challenges we face as individuals, and within local and international communities to target labor law violations and control supply chains.”
“The text does a skillful job of integrating various perspectives relevant to understanding the problem of human trafficking. It takes a problem-solving approach to trafficking that fully recognizes the complexities of this vital concern.”
“Historical and contemporary, critical and applied, global and local, this book provides both a rich overview of the problem of human trafficking and a detailed account of strategies for addressing it at practice and policy levels.”
“This book offers a comprehensive and holistic look at issues of contemporary slavery.”
“Enrile’s systems perspective and focus on advocating for survivor interventions adds a robust dimension to any study of human trafficking.”
“This text takes a thorough intellectual look at the problem of human trafficking and the very real issues impeding those who would bring it to an end.”
“An interesting and useful book which fills a notable gap in the literature.”
“A multi-disciplinary text which encompasses a vast range of aspects concerning trafficking and modern day slavery.”
“A timely and substantial contribution to the global issue of human slavery, this text introduces students to the comprehensive suite of responses currently being utilized in the US and beyond, whilst basing such discussions within a practice-orientated domain.”
