Alicia W. Peters publishes article in 'Anthropological Quarterly'

Alicia W. Peters, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Society, Culture, and Languages, recently published an article titled "'Things that involve sex are just different': US Anti-trafficking Law and Policy on the Books, in their Minds, and in Action" in the journal Anthropological Quarterly, 86(1), March 2013.

The article explores the ways in which cultural attitudes about sex, gender, and victimization intersect the drafting, interpretation, and implementation of U.S. human trafficking law and policy. Peters suggests that while the law provides protections for individuals trafficked into all labor sectors, the symbolic privileging of "sex trafficking" results in uneven treatment for victims as the law is put into action.
 

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