Sex Trafficking In A Neighborhood

According to chapter 11 in the Human behavior in the Macro Social Environment, A Neighborhood is a geographic area within a bigger community where residents “ share certain characteristics ,value ,mutual interest ,or styles of living . Neighborhood create communities there are different races, religious group, and lifestyles who live in them . As it relates to social class for instinct In the Washington D.C area the poorest neighborhoods have the most visible drug problems ward 7 and 8 located in Southeast predominately African-American. In today 's society enforcement targets urban communities in some cases people think that African- American are top drug consumers but really drug consumers are in every race. Where I grew up it’s great …show more content…
This is because victims of trafficking are closely guarded by their captors, lack identification documents, sometimes they’re in hiding by force, and some businesses are discretely trafficking operations. Even though the identification of sex trafficking victims are difficult, there are ways of coming in contact with them. Victims of trafficking are at risk for the same types of injuries as victims of domestic violence and rape. They both contract sexually transmitted infections/deceases or become pregnant. Therefore, health clinic workers or emergency room personnel are often first responders and should be trained to identify whether someone is a victim of trafficking or not (Hughes, …show more content…
Some of these barriers result from an overall lack of knowledge about human trafficking, lack of public awareness of the issue, and differing definitions and perceptions regarding who is a victim (Clawson et al., 2004). To compound the problem, research has suggested that trafficked victims are often reluctant to identify themselves as victims; therefore, self-referrals are less common than with other types of crime. Victims of human trafficking are also a hard-to-find, hard-to-reach population. Many victims have been taught to fear law enforcement authorities and NGOs, often because of their experiences with corrupt law enforcement personnel or authorities in their countries of origin (Bales, 2004). Additionally, victims are often reluctant to come forward because they fear retribution from their traffickers and fear arrest and deportation. It seems to so a lot of cases globally, but these are only the recorded cases. Human Rights Violation Article 4 states “No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.” It is our duty as people to live by this, and realize the extent of our action in order to end this