Date of Graduation
5-2015
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Degree Level
Undergraduate
Department
Sociology and Criminal Justice
Advisor/Mentor
Shields, Christopher
Committee Member/Reader
Brogi, Alessandro
Committee Member/Second Reader
Bradley, Mindy
Committee Member/Third Reader
Starks, Trish
Abstract
Human Trafficking largely affects over 160 different countries worldwide. Not only is it an occurrence in America, but estimates suggest that there are 14,500-17,500 victims trafficked into the United States annually. The U.S. has taken a direct approach in combating this social injustice by enacting the TVPA (2000). The purpose of this study is to empirically analyze federal court cases and address certain claims that have been made by critics of the TVPA (2000). The database constructed throughout this research draws from 354 federal human trafficking court cases and uses variables to create data from case descriptions. This thesis analyzes specific variables within the constructed database that describe the victims of federal trafficking victims, the characteristics of victims who aid traffickers in federal court cases, and the organization of defendants who are prosecuted in the federal court.
Citation
Chapman, B. N. (2015). An Analysis of Human Trafficking Victims in Federal Court Cases. Sociology and Criminology Undergraduate Honors Theses Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/sociuht/1