%0 Journal Article
%T Situating the ninety-nine: a critique of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act
%J Journal of religion and abuse
%D 2005
%A Zimmerman, Y. C.
%V 7
%N 3
%P 37-56
%X Congress passed the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) in 2000, yet of the estimated 50,000 individuals trafficked into the United States each year, far fewer than 1,000 victims have been identified under this legislative statute. The author argues that the TVPA contains narrow definitions of 'victim' and 'victimization' that select for sexually exploited, passive females. Furthermore, the TVPA conceives coercion only with reference to interpersonal dynamics between traffickers and victims. A more complete and effective redress must include more complex conceptions of victimization, coercion, and harm in order to adequately grasp the sociopolitical and economic dynamics that structure global human trafficking.<p />
%G 
%I Informa - Taylor and Francis Group
%@ 1521-1037
%U http://dx.doi.org/