Hidden in PLain Sight: Human Trafficking in the United States

Gender Issues

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-26

  Hepburn, Stephanie ^a   Simon, Rita J ^b  

^a Freelance Writer   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonded labor; Child labor; Commercial sexual exploitation; Debt bondage; Forced labor; Human trafficking; Indentured servitude; Modern day slavery; Sex trafficking; Slavery

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952077252     PISSN: 1098092X     EISSN: 19364717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12147-010-9087-7     Document Type: Article

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