APS

30th APS Annual Convention · 2018

Gender Inequality Indicators Predict Human Trafficking Legal Cases across Countries

San Francisco, CA · May 2018

Poster · Social

  • Erinn Cameron
    Fielding Graduate University
  • Sherri Tschida
    Fielding Graduate University
  • Lisa Blake
    Fielding Graduate University
  • Kristine Jacquin
    Fielding Graduate University

Abstract

Human trafficking has been designated by the United Nations as the third most profitable crime in the world. Researchers disagree about the prime factors contributing to human trafficking. This research examined several measures of gender inequality as predictors of the number of human trafficking legal cases across countries.

Gender Issues/Sex Roles

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