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What Thwarts the Use of the Non-liability Provision?

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Protecting Victims of Human Trafficking From Liability

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Trafficked persons have to convince society that they are victims. They need to show that they are virtuous and deserving of state funds and protection and persuade against being labelled as criminals who should be punished.

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Muraszkiewicz, J.M. (2019). What Thwarts the Use of the Non-liability Provision?. In: Protecting Victims of Human Trafficking From Liability. Palgrave Studies in Victims and Victimology. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02659-2_8

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