Children For Sale Documentary Analysis

Bridgette points out that “TVPA has always recognized that the failure of one size-fits all approach for victims of trafficking, and the needs of child victims can be quite different than the needs of adult victims.” In these three cases professor Carr explains that when these child trafficking raids occur, the child victim must be able to state that they were the product of child slavery and identify the traffickers in question. In order for these children to receive help or financial assistance they must testify against the traffickers. The process takes time and most of these victims end up back in their home country, which is West Africa.

It was the summer of 1991 and Jaycee Dugard was facing the typical issues an eleven year old girl would. She had plans to go on a school field trip to a water park and wanted to ask her mother if she could shave her legs. However, she was never able to present the topic to her mother. On June tenth, she was kidnapped by Phillip and Nancy Garrido outside of her Lake Tahoe home, in central California, while she was walking to her bus stop. Dugard remained hopeful throughout her first days of abduction that she would return to her mother, step-father, and baby sister shortly, but the Garrido’s had a much different plan.

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To understand how a police department combats against human trafficking, I interviewed Felicia Grantham. Ms. Grantham is the Human Trafficking Coordinator for Tarrant County 5- Stones Taskforce, a division of the Fort Worth Police Department. She informed me that the TC 5-Stones Taskforce was officially sanctioned by Chief Fitzgerald as an arm of the Fort Worth Police Department on January 1st, 2016, but the vision for it began long before that. Ms. Grantham had her first meeting with then-Chief Halstead in July of 2014 asking if they could start a community discussion on the topic of human trafficking.

Theresa Flores’s “The Slave Across the Street,” is a personal anecdote whose main purpose is to make Americans aware of the reality of human trafficking being in the U.S. and in our neighborhoods. The book shows how even in seemingly good life situations, traffickers are able to pick out and victimize those that are vulnerable. This does not only happen in third world countries, or in inner city, low income housing. Human trafficking is apparent throughout the U.S., in all levels of socio-economic classes. By Flores telling her story, she achieves the purpose in showing a different side of human trafficking that most people do not realize it has.

Ms, Kuzma presented the Attorney General’s position on human trafficking. The AGs office defines sex and labor trafficking as when traffickers use force, fraud, or coercion to control other people for the purpose of engaging in commercial sex or forcing them to provide labor services against their will. The AGs office is very passionate about this issue and was an influential member of the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) announced to focus of their efforts on ending human trafficking across the United States back in 2011. In the NAAGs efforts they created the Pillars of Hope: • Pillar 1) Making the Case: Gather stat-specific data on human trafficking and create a database that assists local authorities with identifying human

Numerous non-profit organizations were formed to fight the existence of trafficking and to provide help for it’s victims. In 2001, President Barack Obama declared January to be Human Trafficking Awareness month in order to raise more awareness of the problem and in turn, create better legislation that protects trafficking victims and prosecute traffickers. In 2013, the Michigan Commission on Human Trafficking was created in order to compile a report on trafficking in the state and make recommendation to address the problem. This report was what jump started the 2014 legislative package. In March of 2015, it was reported that out of all 50 States, Michigan had the second highest rates of human

In addition to the lack of education, there is also a great deal of ignorance in our communities when recognizing those who may be forced into sexual exploitation. It is not their fault but in a sense it is ours for the lack of involvement. We must pay our communities more attention and speak out for the voiceless, it is our job to help prevent this horrific crime from happening to these innocent women and children. The lack of involvement is also one of the largest epidemics on the widespread of Human Trafficking. For example, Theresa Flores was a 15 year old teenager, just like any other teenager, loved track, enjoyed school, and was an exceptional student, so most would assume, but what you didn’t know about her is she had been forced into a lifestyle unimaginable.

Human trafficking in Houston is growing at a high rate year after year. The persons that is being trafficked around is telling a lie stating a better life and more money, but that isn’t the case. Women get tricked into being a sex slave and this leads to mental and physical abuse, as well as health infections all because of promises for a better life for her family. Due to this Houston has become a number two place for human trafficking. Houston is a hot spot for traffickers to find their next victim to add to the list of women they have taken away from home and force them to work.

As I began doing my research on the Jaycee Dugard case I was immediately pulled in because I cannot imagine what it would be like to live in captivity for almost two decades. On her way to school in 1991 this innocent little girl was kidnapped by monsters and robbed of her childhood. She found the strength within her soul to survive. During her time as a prisoner she was repeatedly raped by Phillip Garrido and his wife did nothing to stop it. Jaycee eventually gave birth to two children who were fathered by this captor.

I viewed Frontline a documentary series, which episode was entitled Poor Kids. The frontline personnel spent time with three children Kailey, Johnny, and Britany along with their families as they all struggle financially. We perceive a glimpse of what it is like to live below the poverty line in America through a child’s eyes. While observing the documentary, I became consciously aware that children who are considered poor or living below the poverty line were more mindful of the responsibilities of life. The children were worrisome of the lack of employment for their parents, bills, and in Britney’s case; how they would accommodate their way of living to support a new addition to the family.

The Life of Brenda Myers-Powell Brenda Myers-Powell is the founder of the Dreamcatcher Foundation which fights sex trafficking. She grew up on the West Side of Chicago in the 1960s. Her mother was 16 when she had Brenda and died when Brenda was only six months old, leaving her under the care of her grandmother. Unfortunately, her grandmother had a drinking problem and she would have different male company coming over to drink with her. As early as four years old, her grandmother`s male company would sexually abuse her while her grandmother was passed out in the house.

An article by Kwiatkowski gives the reader a real-life account of a victim of the human trafficking in the very recent past. Southern America’s economy was built on the backs of slaves. Throughout the years following the nation’s birth, the cotton industry acted as a catalyst for the furtherment of its economic development. The crops that slaves helped plentify were able to become important commodities that gave a young nation legs to stand on in the arena of international commerce. Today, slavery and trafficking produces an estimated $32 billion in

Human trafficking, or trafficking in persons (TIP) or modern day slavery, is a heinous and widespread crime occurring around the world in nearly every society. Most people often thought slavery was part of the past; however, human slavery is part of our current society and has been an on-going issue around the world. Human trafficking is a type of slavery that involves forced or bonded labour, sexual servitude, child labour, or involuntary servitude all over the world. It is important to note that sex trafficking contributes to more than half of human trafficking and most of these victims are women and young girls. This modern day slavery can happen to anyone, anywhere, and at anytime (Ton, 2012).This literature review of documents and reports

This makes sex trafficking a complicated subject to not only talk about but also to really fully understand. Kemberly Kotrla includes this statement; “human trafficking is is one of the greatest human rights challenges of this century,” in her article Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking in the United States. This article goes into depth on how sex trafficking is a problem in this world and people in first world countries, such as our own, often times don’t pay much attention to that. This is a huge problem and the numbers don’t lie about how many people are related to sex trafficking. The number of people involved in this continues to increase making it a major problem that only shows signs to get