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The Lost Boy: How a Forgotten Child Became a Victim of Labor Trafficking

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In this chapter, the author begins by providing a brief history of the abolition of slavery in the USA, and the subsequent development of the USA statutory frameworks to prohibit and prevent human trafficking. This legal background is meant to illuminate our understanding of human trafficking as the author recounts his own unique story of victimization as a young teen, including the factors that made him vulnerable, the details of the crime, and how he overcame this tragic time in his life. The chapter is meant to aid public health professionals in better understanding the broad scope of the crime, and how to better identify and support child victims of trafficking and exploitation.

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  1. Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth, 1319 F. Street NW, Suite 303, Washington, DC, 20004, USA

    James L. Dold

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

    Makini Chisolm-Straker

  2. Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Hanni Stoklosa

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Dold, J.L. (2017). The Lost Boy: How a Forgotten Child Became a Victim of Labor Trafficking. In: Chisolm-Straker, M., Stoklosa, H. (eds) Human Trafficking Is a Public Health Issue. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47824-1_3

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