Social Service Worker SSW371 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Psychological Trauma, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Harm Reduction
15 Nov 2020
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10/23/2020: human trafficking involves the recruitment, transportation, harbouring and/or exercising control, direction or influence over the movements of a person in order to exploit that person, typically through sexual exploitation or forced labour. Who is trafficked: evidence suggests certain populations tend to be more vulnerable to trafficking, although it is not always the case, those at greater risk of being victims of sex trafficking are: Individuals who are financially and socially disadvantaged: women, youth and young girls (typically ages 12-25) Indigenous girls and youth: newcomers to canada, street involved youth. Isolation of the victim: moves around, removed from family, friends, geographically, abuse begins, told they owe something to their trafficker, often don"t realize what is happening. Methods of coercion and control: traffickers use power and control to dominate their victims, the range of tactics include: In 2012, canada adopted the national action plan to combat ht.
