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Slavery, trafficking and exploitation

With an estimated 40 million victims of human trafficking around the world, and countless more being unfairly exploited, research on this topics is incredibly valuable, especially when combined with direct accounts from victims, to help us understand the realities of the situation.

The books below offer crucial insights into the lives of victims and suggest vital policy changes.

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Experiences in Researching Conflict and Violence

Fieldwork Interrupted

Edited by Althea-Maria Rivas and Brendan Ciarán Browne

This collection explores the roles of emotion, violence, uncertainty, identity and positionality in doing research in and on conflict zones, as well as the complexity of methodological choices. It presents a nuanced view of conflict research that addresses the uncomfortable spaces of conflict research and the need for reflection on these issues.

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Dead-End Lives

Drugs and Violence in the City Shadows

By Daniel Briggs and Rubén Monge Gamero

Using vivid testimonies and images, Briggs and Monge document the stories and situations of the people who live in Valdemingómez , placing them in a political, economic and social context.

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Designing Prostitution Policy

Intention and Reality in Regulating the Sex Trade

By Hendrik Wagenaar, Helga Amesberger and Sietske Altink

The book offers a detailed analysis of the design and implementation of prostitution policy at the local level.

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Labour Exploitation and Work-Based Harm

By Sam Scott

EPUB and EPDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book provides a critical understanding of contemporary forced labour as a global social problem and argues that it should be located within the broader study of work-based harm.

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Precarious Lives

Forced Labour, Exploitation and Asylum

By Hannah Lewis, Peter Dwyer, Stuart Hodkinson and Louise Waite

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Engaging with contemporary debates about precarity, unfreedom and socio-legal status, this ground breaking book presents the first evidence of forced labour among displaced migrants who seek refuge in the UK.

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Child slavery now

A contemporary reader

Edited by Gary Craig

Around 210 million children are still in slavery today. This groundbreaking book shows why they remain locked in slavery, the ways in which they are exploited and how they can be emancipated. It also reminds us that all consumers are implicated in modern childhood slavery.

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Regulating sex for sale

Prostitution Policy Reform in the UK

Edited by Jo Phoenix

'Regulating sex for sale' provides a detailed analysis and critical reflection on the processes, assumptions and contradictions shaping the UK's emerging prostitution policy. It examines the total package of reforms and proposals that have been introduced in this area since May 2000.

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International approaches to prostitution

Law and policy in Europe and Asia

Edited by Geetanjali Gangoli and Nicole Westmarland

What is to be done about prostitution? Is it work or is it violence? Are women involved in it offenders or victims? Is it a private or a political issue? The answers to these questions depend on many factors, including where you live. This book provides a close comparison of the laws, policies and interventions in countries across Europe and Asia.

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