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- Provides the empirical knowledge and conceptual awareness necessary to understand what trafficking means in the contemporary world
- Investigates human trafficking as a process, its scope and scale, the dynamics of supply and demand, the nature of the criminality involved, and the process of recruitment, transportation and exploitation
- Analyses the UK and international response to trafficking and the roles of government and civil society
- Examines the nexus between the ethical and legal in relation to trafficking, placing the crime within the context of a human rights framework
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book provides a short, comprehensive, critical analysis of trafficking in human beings. Despite the size and scope of this criminal activity, there remains a need for an accurate, objective, contemporary examination of this threat as the nature of this crime and the strategies developed to counter it are fluid. Trafficking harms not only the lives of those trafficked but equally families and communities, as well as national economies and social cohesion. As this crime spans the spectrum of social science disciplines and fields of study, together with its increasing exposure in the media, this has led to a sharp increase in interest in this topic within the academic community and amongst policy makers, criminal justice practitioners and the wider public. This book draws on current research, the authors’ expert knowledge and insight into current counter-trafficking practices to provide a critical analysis of the crime and strategies to counter its prevalence.
Authors and Affiliations
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Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Coventry University, Coventry, UK
Simon Massey
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Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
Glynn Rankin
About the authors
Simon Massey is Senior Lecturer at Coventry University, UK, where he is Director for two post-graduate courses in the School of Humanities. He has also worked as a consultant for the EU and the UNDP.
Glynn Rankin is an independent expert who provides strategic and practical expertise in the area of human trafficking. He was a prosecutor for over 20 years with the Crown Prosecution Service where he became an acknowledged expert in the combatting of human trafficking both in the UK and in the international arena. He was also a co-founder of the UK Human Trafficking Centre.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Exploiting People for Profit
Book Subtitle: Trafficking in Human Beings
Authors: Simon Massey, Glynn Rankin
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-43413-5
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot London
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-43412-8Published: 27 June 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-43413-5Published: 26 June 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 139
Topics: Transnational Crime, Crime Control and Security, Organized Crime, Human Rights, Political Science, International Relations