Trafficking and Global Crime Control
- Maggy Lee - University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
In a world where global flows of people and commodities are on the increase, crimes related to illegal trafficking are creating new concerns for society. This in turn has brought about new and contentious forms of regulation, surveillance, and control. There is a pressing need to consider both the problem itself, and the impact of international anti-trafficking responses.
This authoritative work examines key issues and debates on sex and labor trafficking, drawing on theoretical, empirical, and comparative material to inform the discussion of major trends and future directions. The text brings together key criminological and sociological literature on migration studies, gender, globalization, human rights, security, victimology, policing, and control to provide the most complete overview available on the subject.
Suitable for students and scholars in criminology, criminal justice and sociology, this book sheds unique light on this highly topical and complex subject.
A useful text for those students who opt to study this area at undergraduate level.
I do a dedicated session on human trafficking on our new Violence module, so this text is perfect for that. Chapter 6 is also useful for our Policing module.
An excellent addition to the growing knowledge-base on the issue of human trafficking.
I use this book as a complement to the textbook. This topic is timely, especially within our local communities.
some interesting concepts covered with the first chapter defining trafficking and the different perspectives being particularly approachable.
I will be recommending that the library obtains a number of copies of this book so that it can be included as a key text for a new criminology unit on serious organised crime. This text provides a critique to the criminisation of human trafficking so is a welcome addition to the literature. The new unit is a second year unit which will be a core and taken by about 40 students.
It is also a useful text for students undertaking their dissertation on human trafficking.
An excellent text on this area
An excellent introduction to the topic.
I use this book as a complement to the textbook. This topic is timely, especially within our local communities.
This text presents a well articulated analysis of an issue of contemporary political, legislative and policy concern. Case studies ground the complexity of issues in practical examples and the book proceeds with a good balance between a theorizing of the situation and the practicalities of addressing it.
