Citation

Mogulescu K, Goodmark L. Anti-Traffick. Rev. 2020; 14: 125-130.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW))

DOI

10.14197/atr.2012201410

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This short article describes how some victims of human trafficking in the sex industry in the United States are prosecuted alongside traffickers and put on sex offender registries. The result is both a criminal record and an indefinite digital mark that limits their ability to find a job, settle in a new community, and see their children. The article concludes with a call for a careful, critical look at the system of sex offender registries and, more broadly, policing and prosecution strategies, including in cases of human trafficking, in the United States.

Language: en

Keywords

anti-trafficking; anti-trafficking review; crime; gender; human rights; human trafficking; human trafficking journal; immigration; journal; labour rights; migration; prostitution; review; rights; sex work; trafficked persons; trafficking; trafficking in persons; transnational crime; women