To prepare:
- Review the Learning Resources this week to deepen your understanding of the scope and types of human trafficking.
- Search your state or county laws regarding human trafficking. For example, search the internet using the search string “human trafficking laws state of Texas.”
- Review data related to human trafficking on the FBI’s UCR website.
- Choose a “type” of human trafficking (e.g., sex trafficking, child-sex trafficking, organ trafficking, child soldiers, domestic servitude, mail order brides, drug mules, labor trafficking) on which to focus for this Discussion.
- Review the statistics related to the type of human trafficking you selected.
Post the following:
- Provide a brief description of the type of human trafficking you selected.
- Summarize statistics related to the type of trafficking you selected (e.g., magnitude, cost, population, demographics, location).
- Based on what you know about the mindset of criminals, explain whether you believe offenders are aware of the magnitude of their crimes. Justify your explanation and provide an example.
- Explain why you think human trafficking is such “big business.”
- Explain how social media and the internet impact the issue of human trafficking.
Note: Your post should be substantial (1 paragraph or more for each bullet point above), supported with scholarly evidence from your research and/or the Learning Resources, and properly cited using APA style.
