Citation

Coonan T. J. Soc. Work Res. Eval. 2004; 5(2): 207-216.

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(Copyright © 2004, Springer Publishing)

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Abstract

To better ascertain the needs of human trafficking victims, the FSU Center for the Advancement of Human Rights conducted in-depth interviews in 2002-03 with 11 female survivors of trafficking in Florida. Subjects included victims of sex trafficking and domestic servitude. The qualitative research indicated that physical security, followed by basic needs, was of greatest priority.

FINDINGS also included public and commercial venues to which the women had limited access while enslaved, and media sources available to them at the time. Finally, the victims spoke of encounters--and near encounters--with law enforcement that might have liberated them sooner. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved). (journal abstract)