The Politics of Sex Trafficking : a Moral Geography


Autoria(s): O'Brien, Erin; Hayes, Sharon L.; Carpenter, Belinda J.
Data(s)

01/09/2013

Resumo

This book offers a unique insight into the moral politics behind the making of human trafficking policy in Australia and the United States of America. As governments around the world rush to meet their international obligations to combat human trafficking, a heated debate has emerged over the rights, wrongs, and harms of prostitution, and its relationship to sex trafficking. The Politics of Sex Trafficking identifies and challenges intrinsic notions of moral harm that have pervaded trafficking discourse and resulted in a distinctly anti-prostitution agenda in trafficking policy in recent decades. Including rare interviews with key political actors, this book charts the competing perspectives of feminist, faith-based, and sex-worker activists, and their efforts to influence policy-makers. This critical account of the creation of anti-trafficking policy challenges the sex trafficking narrative dominant in US Congressional and Australian Parliamentary hearings, and demonstrates the power of a moral politics in shaping policy. This book will appeal to academics across the fields of criminology, criminal justice, law, human rights and gender studies, as well as policy-makers.

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/62725/

Publicador

Palgrave Macmillan

Relação

DOI:10.1057/9781137318701

O'Brien, Erin, Hayes, Sharon L., & Carpenter, Belinda J. (2013) The Politics of Sex Trafficking : a Moral Geography. Critical Criminological Perspectives. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK.

Fonte

Crime & Justice Research Centre; Faculty of Law; School of Justice

Palavras-Chave #160200 CRIMINOLOGY #160600 POLITICAL SCIENCE #trafficking #prostitution #sex work #slavery #politics
Tipo

Book