@article{ref1,
title="Safety issues for social workers engaging in anti-trafficking work",
journal="Social work",
year="2021",
author="Xin, Yitong and Meshelemiah, Jacquelyn C. A.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="It is critical for state governments and social service agencies to promote, monitor, and protect the safety of social workers in all workplaces--especially those in anti-trafficking practice. According to NASW (2013, p. 5), a considerable number of social workers have been targeted in verbal and physical assaults. Some have even been injured, and others have lost their lives &quot;in the line of duty.&quot; Social workers have been murdered in the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, and Malaysia (ABS-CBN News, 2009; Dickerson, 1998; Donoghue, Dover, & Burbank, 2015; Epoch Newsroom, 2018; Smith, 2019; Turner, 2019). Specifically, a social welfare officer named Finardo Cabilao was found dead in his home in 2009. He fought against...   Keywords: Human trafficking;   © 2021 National Association of Social Workers<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0037-8046",
doi="10.1093/sw/swab039",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sw/swab039"
}