The research compiled in this paper look at victims and debunks some misconceptions concerning who are victims of human trafficking. This paper will also look at law enforcement’s response to human trafficking, and specifically, how local law enforcement need better training in responding to this type of slavery. Finally, anti-human trafficking policies will be analyzed for what seems to be working, and what might need to be changed.
INTRODUCTION: Human trafficking is the exploitation of individuals for the use of sex or labor. There are many misconceptions concerning human trafficking, such as it only victimizing women, victims are only used for non consensual sex, and that it does not impact the United States. …show more content…
A study done by the Bureau of Justice Statistics gathered information about which type of human trafficking is most prevalent in the United States, based on the cases reported to the various law enforcement agencies combatting human trafficking (Banks & Kyckelhahn, 2011). This study was done between 2008 and 2010 and examined the 2,515 reported occurrences of human trafficking (Banks & Kyckelhahn, 2011). This analysis included unknown types of trafficking-accounting for 7 percent- labor trafficking-11 percent-and the most prominent type sex trafficking which accounted for the remaining 82 percent (Banks & Kyckelhahn,