The travesty of human trafficking: A decade of failed U.S. policy

Social Work

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 373-375

  Potocky, Miriam ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MIGRATION; POLICY; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL PROBLEM; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

CRIME VICTIMS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; PUBLIC POLICY; SEX OFFENSES; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952108407     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: 15456846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/55.4.373     Document Type: Note

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