Book overview

This book discusses one of the major human rights violations of our time - human trafficking. It provides important research data and tools on such topics as: safe rescue & prevention, causes of human trafficking in the United States, escape from human trafficking, solutions & best practices such as a Human Trafficking Wheel which is in identifying potential victims of abuse & human trafficking, There is H.O.P.E. for Me, Inc. - from survivors to survivors, is an example of an effective model of mentoring and restoration. Statistical data analysis showing predisposition factors and vulnerabilities including: Targeted recruitment areas, age of entry into US sex trafficking, recruitment lures mirroring familial like characteristics used on US children & the exploitation of their needs, the average grooming period, type of help needed while being trafficked, types of prior abuses and other breakdowns of family dynamics, victims recruiting others, etc. This study is in the context of first hand accounts using a historical case study data analysis. The material is useful in teaching and training others in the areas of anti human trafficking and domestic violence.