In the interview, I asked Amanda to tell me a story about an individual who came from the life of prostitution and reached out for help from Safe Embrace. She told me the story of a victim who didn’t even identify herself as being a victim at first. Safe Embrace helped her not only realize she was a victim and that she could absolutely benefit from the services they provided but also they helped her in testifying against her pimp. They helped prepare her for not only the court procedural aspects that she would have to endure but also any psychological repercussions that testifying could bring about. She did very well throughout that process and was successful in being a member of Safe Embrace’s emergency housing program. She got her kids back and entered an apartment that she is currently thriving in. This individual is a success story of theirs and even through all the experiences she had when first …show more content…
The adverse effects of prostitution and sex trafficking can be extremely negative and can actual hinder these individuals from getting the help they need. While speaking with Amanda she made me realize that although she loves her job and that this organization has a big positive impact there is always more that can be done. In relation of this interview to what I have learned in this course, I found similar sentiments about this idea that prostitution can be harmful to a variety of different people and aspects of life. Also, through Amanda’s story I was able to see that pimps and those who exploit women are being prosecuted but it does not come with ease and the need to have these females to testify is extremely beneficial to the prosecution of these individuals. This idea of the difficulty of prosecuting these pimps and traffickers is something we talked extensively about throughout this section of the course, and we also realized though how important it
Out of the thousands of people that have been human trafficking victims each year, only an insignificant amount of them is actually reported. Imagine being in 8th grade. Having all sorts of hopes and dreams. Now flash forward to dreams being taken away by a pimp that lures people into human trafficking. In short, this is true for Holly Austin Smith, a survivor of human trafficking. The punishment for the pimps that ruin the lives of these young girls is not severe. Therefore, there is not much help for the girls after they get rescued from this tragedy. A realization Holly had soon on and explains, “...Although I was soon recognized to be a victim, the specialized aftercare needed for a trafficking victim did not yet exist... Twenty years ago, there were no anti-trafficking laws in place. This pimp, who raped and lured a child into prostitution, served only 365 days in jail” (Smith). This young girl had recovered from this horrible incident all by herself. Many other girls in her position have gone through similar experiences and have been hurt by their pimp. In addition, the pimp will not receive much punishment. A sad story repeated across America and is very prominent in other countries. In America, most of the time victims are the ones that usually serve time in jail since in some cases it’s considered prostitution, even if it was forced by the pimp. In most cases, the pimps stay uncovered and if the victims of trafficking come forward as to who their pimp is, they
(Attention catcher)What if somebody came into your life and guaranteed a better lifestyle, but instead you were enslaved into human trafficking? Human trafficking is when a person is abducted from their current situation and mostly likely used for sex slavery. Furthermore, did you know human trafficking increased over the years? (Listener relevance) Although you may not be as aware in your comfortable surroundings, you should always be aware of suspicious vehicles and people. Even though we enjoy the freedom of walking around carelessly, our behavior can lead to becoming exploited by traffickers. Victims of trafficking are forced into sexual slavery. (Speaker credibility) In order to understand the seriousness of this issue, we decided to do more research. (Thesis) According to the National Human Trafficking Resource Center from 2012 to present, human trafficking has gone from 2,404 to 3,107 victims. (Preview main points) Throughout this speech, you’ll understand the difference between prostitution and human trafficking, the history behind human trafficking, and the overall process of human trafficking.
According to the UNICEF, human trafficking is when people are being kidnapped and being sold to other people for business. It is defined as a new system of slavery. “This by means happens with the threat or use of force” or other forms of pressure, of abduction, “fraud, and deception”. Human trafficking is one of the biggest social issue happening around the world. It involves three most common types of human trafficking which are sex trafficking, forced labour, and debt slavery. This essay is going to focus on sex trafficking. Sex trafficking is very common and it happens all over the world. This essay will be aiming at the issue of sex trafficking in the united states. It will be describing who is most affected in this, why it is an issue and also how psychologists see this essay as a point of view. It will be also focusing on how this issue has been conceptualised and why people do sex trafficking.
Next, to make a difference to end child prostitution is people should treat them as the victim, rather than treating them as the criminal. One clearly does not know what is going through their mind, so making judgements and statements does not help their situation at all. Julian Sher discusses that “When these children go get the attention of the system, they are almost always treated as criminals, not victims” (13). For what we can assume is that they did not choose this lifestyle but have just got caught up in it and have a hard time getting out. They are scared of their “pimp” who tells them if you do not do what I say I’ll kill you, hurt you, we’ll sell you to another pimp, etc. In the article, Report urges new approach to child prostitution: “ ‘These are children that are prostituted. These are children that are harmed. These are not criminals, Ellen Wright Clayton, a physician and member of the team, said at a press conference in Washington, D.C. on
I can say, that I learn many new things that refer the different types of problems that women and children’s are the most vulnerable to sex trafficking. The major factor that I see on this issue about sex trafficking is that they target the poor people, people that live in rural areas, and with no education. These can be some facts in how these organization abuses from women’s and children, referring to Thailand as a one of the poorest country it suffer of sexual exploitation. Referring to “Prostitution and Sex Trafficking Pg. 113”. I can say that prostitution lead to many problems that these women’s have for example, it can be from psychological and physical. We can understand how in the film “The underground World of Commercial Sex” it explains
As a student reaching for his degree in criminal justice I have taken a human trafficking and human smuggling class in which this article helped me better understand the characteristics of sex-trafficking victims. For my future I hope to be deeply involved in law enforcement and with the knowledge this article gives, I will be able to better access someone that could be a victim of sex-trafficking and I will be able to contact the right organizations to help the victims. I suggest that more people become aware of their surroundings and these types of articles should be funded in advertisement to spread the knowledge in sex-trafficking or human trafficking in general. Even though this article is very detailed, it still lacks many factors that effect this research because this article was not funded at all, which I believe if the two authors received money for their research there would be more
In order to have a clear understanding of what events may occur with the interrelated topics such as prostitution, and sex trafficking prostitution has to be clearly defined. Also, given the broad term of prostitution there are different distinctions for prostitution, and they will be explained further within this proposal. Next, the substantial information that will be imperative for this proposal is as follows in chronological order.
Through time we have misconstrued the difference between prostitution and human trafficking. In which prostitution is a profession which means they have an option to work or not, and human trafficking is not a profession which means they are being forced to do sex work. In the world “at least 20.9 million adults and
Many people don't know the variances between sex trafficking, sex exploitation, sex work, and prostitution. Knowing these differences are very important. In this essay, I will examine how sex trafficking, sex exploitation, sex work, and prostitution are very different yet very connected to one another.
There are many arguments when it comes to legalizing prostitution. It involves the selling of an adolescent’s body. More of us, believe that you should have all control over your body and we should not have to be forced to sell our body. However, adolescents are a big prime in the selling options for a pimp to make bigger money than they would with an older woman. In this essay I argue how prostitution affects adolescents and how it is harmful to a prostitute’s body. I also argue about how a pimp will use an adolescent for human trafficking and how they drug their women. If prostitution comes legal it will then affect many adolescents. These arguments are to point out what a prostitute goes through and what happens in prostitution.
Prostitution and human trafficking are taking place all over the world despite the legal restrictions put upon them. According to Ronald Weitzer, “The sex industry refers to the workers, managers, owners, agencies, clubs, trade associations, and marketing involved in sexual commerce, both legal and illegal varieties” (1). There are many questions that arise when discussing the sex industry. Should prostitution be legalized? If it were to be legalized, would anything change? Is prostitution morally acceptable? What is being done to stop human trafficking? There is not one correct answer for any these questions, but each question can be analyzed by scholars who have different opinions on the issue. Prostitution should be legal while
Dunne believes that policy makers have focused too much on fighting voluntary prostitution, which he believes is not human trafficking. I agree with the author, that more of the focus should be on the other types of human trafficking. However, I disagree with the author that prostitution should not be a focus, because it might be difficult to determine which cases are voluntary and which are involuntary. I plan to use this information in my research paper because Dunne provides important information about how how definitions of human trafficking are used in beneficial and unbeneficial ways.
Good topic to choice referring to the fact that one of the cruel problems in these industries is the human trafficking. Based on the circumstances that criminals abuse from innocent people in the most part are people the lives in rural areas, and they live in poverty neighborhoods. I can say this could be fact that it shows that it is a big problem where organization as human trafficking uses people as object to sell them for sex. My paper is going to be about prostitution I choose this topic based on the fact that it is a big deal where victims are for to practice this type of jobs. They have a connection with human trafficking that reflects the many problems the innocent people are facing everyday.
There are forty-two million prostitutes working in the world. By definition, prostitution is the practice or occupation of engaging in sexual activity with someone for payment. It has existed since the ancient civilizations. To some people, it seems a cruel act to endorse such a barbaric way of life. To others, it seems right to allow people to do what they wish with their bodies. The legalisation of prostitution and the violence surrounding it is a globally debated topic, putting moral values to the test with convincing arguments from both sides.
Prostitution is generally described as the granting of sexual acts in exchange for compensation. Prostitution has been an area of increasing concern for legal professionals in recent years, both as a result of the Internet and an increase in sex trafficking. (Hg.Org)