Stopping the Traffic: the National Vigilance Association and the international fight against the ‘white slave’ trade (1899–<i>c.</i>1909)

Attwood, Rachael

doi:10.1080/09612025.2014.964064

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“…The immigration of European women, especially young women who immigrated alone to other countries in the early twentieth century, aroused concern in women's activist organisations, leading to a campaign against white slavery (the procurement by force, deceit, or drugs, of white women or girls for prostitution) and the establishment of the anti-trafficking movement (Attwood, 2015;Doezema, 1999). Scholars have argued that the fear of white slavery was based on a small number of documented cases and fuelled by worries of cultural contamination (due to immigration), moral pollution, and social anxieties about changing gender roles and sex, class, and race relations at the turn of the century (Doezema, 1999;Wahab, 2002).…”

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The moral behaviour of single young women immigrants to Mandatory Palestine: Between nationalism, gender, and professionalism in social work

Shimei

2024

Journal of Social Work

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Summary Migration has always constituted a meeting point of opportunity, risk, and vulnerability. Concerns surrounding the sex trafficking of women have caused moral panic since the mid-1800s and led to social workers’ preventive initiatives and interventions in Europe and the United States. This article explores a historical moment in which Henrietta Szold, who headed the Social Welfare Department in Mandatory Palestine in 1934, decided to send social workers to the Jaffa and Haifa ports to welcome young, single immigrant women from Germany in the light of rumours of the moral dangers they faced upon entering the country. This feminist historical study of social work employed qualitative analysis of archival texts to investigate the professional decision-making processes involved in sending a social worker to the Jaffa port and the results of the decisions that were made. Findings The findings trace the course of events that took place in 1934 using three categories: the rumours, their investigation, and the results and implications of the investigations. The findings point to intersections of nationalism, gender, and professionalism in social work. Applications This article contributes to the evolving knowledge on moral panic in social work and reveals the historical practice used in social work policy and interventions in facing moral panic regarding young women immigrants.

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The moral behaviour of single young women immigrants to Mandatory Palestine: Between nationalism, gender, and professionalism in social work

Shimei

2024

Journal of Social Work

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“…In historical scholarship, procurement received little attention beyond its association with so-called white slavery and prostitution (Bartley 1999;Hearne, 2020;Laite, 2012 and. Through an analysis of the prosecutions and the lives of those on trial, the paper also contributes to social history, and the growing scholarship on white slavery that has so far sought to problematise the term 'white slavery' and focused on it through the lens of victimhood (Lammasniemi, 2017), sex work (Laite, 2012 and and analysed it as a racialised metaphor (Attwood, 2014;Doezema, 2000 and2010).…”

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Trafficking, Rape, or Deceptive Sex? A Historical Examination of Procurement Offences in England

Lammasniemi

2022

Social & Legal Studies

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This article examines the origins of procurement offences and their historical development in England. Procurement offences were created in 1885 to tackle so-called white slavery, as trafficking in women was then sensationally called. Through an analysis of a series of lower-level and appeal cases heard between the years of 1885 and 1925 and their social context, this article dispels myths about procurement for prostitution as an international, organised crime, showing instead how it was localised and poverty driven. The article also shows how procurement transformed from a narrowly defined trafficking-related offence into a broadly applied sexual offence. It came to be used as a ‘catch-all’ sexual offence that had the potential to encompass various distinct offences, from trafficking, rape and child sex abuse to deceptive sex. The legal history of the procurement is of particular importance as deception and questions of conditional consent remain deeply contested in modern criminal law.

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“…However, they have rarely emphasized the impact of the dynamic relationship between the League and its member states in national contexts. Although scholars from the English-and German-speaking world have shown interest in transnational aspects of the history of the fight against trafficking and respective projects of international cooperation, they have done so rather with a focus on the "white slave trade" before the First World War (Bristow 1977;Walkowitz 1980;Guy 1995;Dalley 2000;Vries 2005;Donovan 2006;Pliley 2014;Attwood 2015). Yet important studies have recently begun to shed light on the involvement and impact of the League of Nations on the international fight against interwar traffic in women and children (Gorman 2007;Leppänen 2007;Limoncelli 2010;Pliley 2010;Knepper 2011Knepper , 2012Legg 2012;Rodríguez García 2012;Laite 2017;Knepper 2011Knepper , 2016.…”

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“Closing the Abyss of Moral Misery”: Poland, the League of Nations and the Fight against the Trafficking of Women and Children

Nithammer

2022

East Cent. Eur.

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The study focuses on the emerging Second Polish Republic and its involvement in the international fight against the trafficking of women and children under the auspices of the League of Nations. In conflict with all neighbouring states, Poland was highly dependent on support from the new Western Entente-backed international system and in turn had to adhere closely to existing conventions and newly negotiated international policies. Using the example of the ratification process of the League of the Nations International Convention against the Traffic in Women and Children of 1921, the study shows that internationalism in the interwar period had a significant impact on national policymaking and state-building. Thus, it provides a better understanding of how anti-trafficking efforts in Poland interacted with policies deployed by the League of Nations and how international and transnational activism affected the construction of state institutions.

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Stopping the Traffic: the National Vigilance Association and the international fight against the ‘white slave’ trade (1899–c.1909)

Cited by 17 publications

References 3 publications

The moral behaviour of single young women immigrants to Mandatory Palestine: Between nationalism, gender, and professionalism in social work

The moral behaviour of single young women immigrants to Mandatory Palestine: Between nationalism, gender, and professionalism in social work

Trafficking, Rape, or Deceptive Sex? A Historical Examination of Procurement Offences in England

“Closing the Abyss of Moral Misery”: Poland, the League of Nations and the Fight against the Trafficking of Women and Children

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