Human Trafficking Hysteria - Historical and Modern Perspectives on Moral Panics, Media, and Crime

The text examines the impacts of human trafficking panics perpetuated by media, including understanding the origins of human trafficking in the nineteenth century white slave panic, the ways that popular media perpetuates stereotypes, the reality of trafficking at sporting events, and the role of social media in generating misinformation.

List of contents

1. INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING 2. CULTURAL CRIMINOLOGY AND MORAL PANIC THEORY 3. THE WHITE SLAVE PANIC 4. THE POP CULTURE PANIC 5. THE SPORTING EVENT PANIC 6. THE SOCIAL MEDIA PANIC 7. CONCLUSION

About the author

Sarah Hupp Williamson is an Associate Professor of Criminology at the University of West Georgia. Her several lines of research examine the intersections of globalization, inequality, and crime. She is the author of Human Trafficking in the Era of Global Migration: Unraveling the Impact of Neoliberal Economic Policy and Criminology Explains Human Trafficking.

Summary

The text examines the impacts of human trafficking panics perpetuated by media, including understanding the origins of human trafficking in the nineteenth century white slave panic, the ways that popular media perpetuates stereotypes, the reality of trafficking at sporting events, and the role of social media in generating misinformation.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Hupp Williamson, Sarah (University of West Georgia Hupp Williamson
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.01.2025
• EAN: 9781032573564
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3257356-4
• No. of pages: 122
• Series: Routledge Studies in Crime, Culture and Media
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science; History, Media Studies, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Conspiracy Theories, Humanities, Organized crime, Legal aspects of criminology, Criminal justice law, Criminology: legal aspects, cultural criminology;sex trafficking