http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/human-trafficking Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:13:59 -0400 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:13:59 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1408/exploiting-the-poor-and-powerless-forced-labor-systems-in-the-early-and-later-modern-world By Drew Liquerman - Our world has witnessed significant shifts, transformations, and evolution in government systems, the balance of power among nations, economics, the rights of men and women, and social structures and relationships over the past 500 years. However, the plight of the poor and powerless worker has remained static. Societies blessed by climate, latitude, disease resistance, powerful militaries, and a little bit of luck have used this opportunity to exploit others. Throughout recorded history, nations and cultures have taken advantage of the cheap or free labor of conquered areas or the downtrodden... Sat, 14 May 2016 07:46 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1408/exploiting-the-poor-and-powerless-forced-labor-systems-in-the-early-and-later-modern-world http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/837/us-medias-failure-to-set-the-agenda-for-covering-sex-trafficking By Danielle Martinelli - The sex trafficking industry poses a clear and present threat in society, but the American public seems to be unaware of the gravity of the issue within the U.S. Analyzing the agenda setting theory by focusing on stories on the New York Times and CNN websites gives evidence that the media failed to inform the public. The public's lack of awareness was found to be due to the presence of social media and the birth of online newspapers. For a bigger impact, the media can create a social consensus through more high profile articles and personal stories and place them in prominent, high trafficked... Sat, 14 Dec 2013 11:37 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/837/us-medias-failure-to-set-the-agenda-for-covering-sex-trafficking http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1607/women-in-the-schoolhouse-whitehouse-and-whorehouse-empowering-sex-trafficked-women-in-southeast-asia-through-education-and-political-participation By Matthew Lozada - While the enslavement of humans has been occurring even before the dawn of written history, today's form of slavery occurs on an unprecedented scale in both scope and reach. This work attempts to understand the most vulnerable sectors of population groups and the strength of the laws in Southeast Asian countries that address the human trafficking epidemic in the region. This endeavor uses quantitative analysis through the linear regression function of the SPSS program to operationalize and see whether the factors of gender parity, educational attainment, or political representation show strong... Fri, 31 May 2013 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1607/women-in-the-schoolhouse-whitehouse-and-whorehouse-empowering-sex-trafficked-women-in-southeast-asia-through-education-and-political-participation http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1207/a-call-for-ecologically-informed-policy-to-address-sex-work-evidence-from-kenya By Léa Steinacker - With the recognition that sex workers constitute a key population at higher risk for the acquisition and dissemination of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) has come an appreciation of the central role that they might assume in policy solutions to the global HIV epidemic. Since then, the activist approach and to some extent, the academic gaze have shifted from mere disease control to a more comprehensive accounting of sex workers’ lives. Policies and strategies for interventions, however, have largely lagged behind. Most interventions treat sex workers as a focal point of an infection... Thu, 01 Nov 2012 06:41 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1207/a-call-for-ecologically-informed-policy-to-address-sex-work-evidence-from-kenya http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/691/analyzing-the-criminalization-of-sex-purchasers-and-the-provision-of-immunity-in-ireland By Tatiana V. Kelly - The rationale behind the proposal is that in the event of the purchase of sexual services becoming a crime and, therefore, by encompassing a fear of the criminal label being attached to an individual, it will reduce the demand for such services and ultimately relieve pressure on human trafficking in Ireland more broadly. As current research suggests that the predominant population of buyers belong to the upper classes, it can be argued that the possibility of the publication of their identities in connection with the purchase of sexual services, similar to the Tax Defaulters’ List, can have... Tue, 04 Sep 2012 11:18 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/691/analyzing-the-criminalization-of-sex-purchasers-and-the-provision-of-immunity-in-ireland http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1265/human-trafficking-the-japanese-commercial-sex-industry-and-the-yakuza-recommendations-for-the-japanese-government By Amanda Jones - Both the UN and the U.S. Department of State conduct global reviews of state actions to prevent human trafficking. Both reports indicate that human trafficking, especially that related to sexual exploitation, continues to be an issue in Japan. Their reports indicate that Japan implemented some of the policies required by UNTIP and that it has the resources with which to carry out these policies, but the reports suggest that Japanese officials lack the will to carry out these policy initiatives to combat human trafficking. This lack of will by government officials appears to be related to three... Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1265/human-trafficking-the-japanese-commercial-sex-industry-and-the-yakuza-recommendations-for-the-japanese-government http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/34/child-sex-tourism-us-and-them-in-a-globalized-world By Arielle K. Eirienne - Another factor in explaining the flourishing of the industry, however, is what globalization has not brought, for despite having allowed people from distant locales to communicate and trade, globalization has not necessarily fostered greater understanding among diverse peoples.  As such, many Northern sex tourists have attempted to justify their exploitation of foreign children with assertions that these children are fundamentally ‘different,’ irrevocably ‘other,’ and thus not subject to the moral schemas of the tourists’ home societies (e.g., O’Connell... Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:40 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/34/child-sex-tourism-us-and-them-in-a-globalized-world