Perception vs. Reality: The Relationship Between Organized Crime and Human Trafficking in Metropolitan Atlanta

Tripp, Tara M.; McMahon-Howard, Jennifer

doi:10.1007/s12103-015-9315-5

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“…Forced labor, child labor, child soldiers, debt bondage, involuntary domestic servitude, and organ/tissue removal for transplantation are other common forms of HT [ 11 ]. Forced prostitution represents the highest percentage of HT victims with the majority being women from Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and North and South America [ 8 , 12 , 13 ]. In contrast, the majority of victims of forced labor are men from Africa, the Middle East, and Asia [ 8 , 12 ].…”

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Research trends on human trafficking: a bibliometric analysis using Scopus database

Sweileh

2018

Global Health

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BackgroundHuman trafficking is a crime against humanity. It is also a serious threat to global health and security. Globalization has made human trafficking an easier task for the criminal organizations. No data are available on the volume, research trends, and key players in this field. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the research activity and research trends on human trafficking.MethodsA bibliometric method was adopted. Literature published in academic journals indexed in Scopus database was retrieved. The study period was set from 2000 to 2017.ResultsTwo thousand forty-four documents were retrieved. The average number of authors per document was 1.9. Over one third (n = 771; 37.7%) of the retrieved documents were about sex trafficking, 616 (30.1%) were about labor trafficking/forced labor, 199 (9.7%) were about child trafficking, and 138 (6.8%) were about organ trafficking. One third (n = 707; 34.6%) of the documents were in health-related fields while 1526 (74.7%) were in social sciences and humanities. The USA ranked first (n = 735; 36.0%) regarding the number of published documents. Geographic distribution of the retrieved document showed that world regions with a high prevalence of human trafficking had the least research contribution. International research collaboration has a limited contribution to the retrieved literature. The Harvard University (USA) was the most active institution (n = 39; 1.9%). International Migration (n = 35; 1.7%) was the most active journal in publishing documents on HT. Documents published in Transplantation journal received the highest number of citations per document (25.5) and two of the most cited documents were about organ trafficking.ConclusionThere was an under-representation of health-related literature on human trafficking. Literature on sex trafficking dominated the field of human trafficking. Research networks and research collaboration between the source and destination countries is important. Future research plans need to focus on health issues and on exploited/trafficked laborers.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s12992-018-0427-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Research trends on human trafficking: a bibliometric analysis using Scopus database

Sweileh

2018

Global Health

112

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“…The United Nations international definition of human trafficking is the recruitment, transportation, harboring, transfer, or receipt of individuals through the use of coercion, abduction, fraud, deception, abuse of power, or commercial exchange, for the purpose of labor, sex, or human organs exploitation (Testa, 2020;Tripp & McMahon-Howard, 2016).…”

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“…Young homeless adults, who are estranged from their families, may have limited options to meet their basic needs, including food and sheltered accommodation (Chisolm-Straker et al, 2019). Although traffickers are predominantly male, women also play a major role in the trafficking operations (Tripp & McMahon-Howard, 2016). Labor trafficking constitutes low wages and long working hours (Tripp & McMahon-Howard, 2016).…”

Section: The Nature Of Human Traffickingmentioning

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“…Although traffickers are predominantly male, women also play a major role in the trafficking operations (Tripp & McMahon-Howard, 2016). Labor trafficking constitutes low wages and long working hours (Tripp & McMahon-Howard, 2016). In addition, victims may experience restrictions, physical threats, isolation from relatives, and entrapment on the job (Tripp & McMahon-Howard, 2016).…”

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“…Labor trafficking constitutes low wages and long working hours (Tripp & McMahon-Howard, 2016). In addition, victims may experience restrictions, physical threats, isolation from relatives, and entrapment on the job (Tripp & McMahon-Howard, 2016). Traffickers usually have the same nationality as their victims (Tripp & McMahon-Howard, 2016).…”

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