Ch. 5 Post

 According to Batstone, research shows five “predictable elements” in child sex trafficking, regardless of the geographic region studied. List and briefly describe the five elements. How might a global focus on any one of these elements disrupt or reduce the number of victims of child sex trafficking?

 

 The five “predictable elements” in child sex trafficking, according to the novel, Not For Sale by David Batsone are as followed:

Recruitment: This is where traffickers target children in societies that don’t have a good sense of social power.

Extraction: Traffickers will take children out of their home environment and to a place foreign and far away. In this type of situation, the children will be taken to places with corrupt law enforcement that they cannot turn to for help.

Control: Every aspect of a child’s life is controlled–including the basic means of life. A child doesn’t think he/she can survive on their own if they left.

Violence: This is used by traffickers as a technique to ensure that children in their possession are too scared of punishment to even think about running away.

Exploitation: Those traffickers or slaveholders show no concern for the well-being of a child because their ultimate motive is to make as much money in the most efficient way possible.

I think a Global Focus on Extraction or Recruitment and even more specifically the law enforcement would help children in this situation. Law enforcement is generally so corrupt that even if children could escape, they know that they cannot trust the police for help. If this were not the case then it would be easier to prosecute traffickers and slaveholders for crimes and it would be easier to give children a sense of protection in the outside world.

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