Research Proposal

By Niyah Payne
Why Human Trafficking?
● An undermined, swept under the rug topic
● It’s talked about but never dealt with properly
● Interesting
● Want to learn more, I don’t know much about it
Topic: Human Trafficking
Human Trafficking = Modern
Day Slavery
 Background
“Human trafficking is considered one of the fastest growing crime industries. It is the second largest crime industry
in the world, directly behind the drug trade.”

“Each year, an estimated 700,000 to 4 million women and children are trafficked. Most trafficked women and
children are sexually exploited, forced to work as prostitutes, strippers, or participate in pornography.”

“Men can also be victims of human trafficking, and are most often forced into labor, used for their organs, or forced
to become soldiers.”

“first discussed at a conference in Paris in 1895”

Human Trafficking referred to as “White Slavery”

White Slavery: “the use of deceit, force, or drugs to entrap women or children into prostitution.”

Davidson, T. (2013). Human trafficking. In Gale (Ed.), The Gale encyclopedia of public health. Farmington, MI: Gale.
Subtopics
● Smuggling
○ Contraband/ Drug Cartel
○ Arms trafficking
● Forced Labor
● Prostitution
● Men/Women
Mission Statement
● To inform people about an horrendous crime that has been
committed over hundreds of years. It is also to let people know this
isn’t only an issue for overseas countries, human trafficking is
something that happens right in our background.
● Give people ways to identify when human trafficking is occurring
○ Can relate to your major (i.e. law enforcement, health
profession)
Critical Theories
● Marxist*
○ Everything is about money
● Feminist
○ Happens to mainly women
○ Women victims need an advocate for them so they can feel
comfortable enough to get out
Core Values (Main Focus)
● Core Value II
○ Close and critical reading/analysis is necessary for listening to and
questioning texts, arriving at a thoughtful understanding of those texts,
and joining the academic and/or public conversations represented by
those texts.
● Core Value III
○ Writing is shaped by audience, purpose, and context.
● Core Value V
○ Writing has power and comes with ethical responsibilities.
Visuals
● https://youtu.be/oIGBBPspTKM?t=318
● https://youtu.be/H0MeBhjjugE?t=75
Citations
● Davidson, T. (2013). Human trafficking. In Gale (Ed.), Gale encyclopedia of public health (). Farmington, MI, USA: Gale. Retrieved from

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● Langberg, L. (2005). A review of recent OAS research on human trafficking in the latin american and caribbean region. International Migration,

43(1), 129-139. doi:10.1111/j.0020-7985.2005.00315.x

● Patterson, O., & Zhuo, X. (2018). Modern trafficking, slavery, and other forms of servitude. Annual Review of Sociology, 44, 407-439.

doi:10.1146/annurev-soc-073117-041147

● Taylor, J. (2013). Organ and tissue trade. In C. G. Bates, & J. Ciment (Eds.), Global social issues: An encyclopedia (). London, UK: Routledge.

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