Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Nelson-Butler on The Racial Roots of Human Trafficking
Cheryl Nelson-Butler (Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law) has posted The Racial Roots of Human Trafficking (UCLA Law Review, Vol. 62, No. 1464, 2015) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
This Article explores the role of race in the prostitution and sex trafficking of people of color, particularly minority youth, and the evolving legal and social responses in the United States. Child sex trafficking has become a vital topic of discussion among scholars and advocates, and public outcry has led to safe harbor legislation aimed at shifting the legal paradigm away punishing prostituted minors and toward greater protections for this vulnerable population. Yet, policymakers have ignored the connection between race and other root factors that push people of color into America’s commercial sex trade.
This Article argues that race and racism have played a role in creating the epidemic of sex trafficking in the United States and have undermined effective legal and policy responses.
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blog/2015/09/nelson-butler-on-the-racial-roots-of-human-trafficking.html