Analysis of Human Trafficking Cases in Rhode Island, 2009-2013
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2014
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Abstract
This article is an analysis of law enforcement identified cases of human trafficking in Rhode Island from 2009 to 2013.
Information was collected from police and court records, prosecutors’ press releases, and reports in the media. During
this period, there was one case of forced labor of a domestic worker and six cases of domestic sex trafficking. Many of the
characteristics of the Rhode Island cases were consistent with other human trafficking cases in the United States. Discussions
of key findings include (a) outcomes of a criminal case using a new human trafficking statute on fraud in foreign contracting
and a civil suit, (b) how online prostitution ads are used to market victims to sex buyers using ethnicity of the victims and
age and social standing of the sex buyers, and (c) how mothers of victims are involved in locating their daughters and making
reports to the police that initiated investigations.
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criminology, social sciences, court cases, trafficking, law, courts
Citation
Hughes, D. M., Dunham, R., Skodmin, F., Tillman, L., & Wainfor, J. (2014). Analysis of Human Trafficking Cases in Rhode Island, 2009-2013. SAGE Open. 1-12. DOI: 10.1177/2158244016655585