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Design Process

Questions

1. How do individuals become victims of human trafficking?

2. In what ways does voluntary prostitution harm victims of sex trafficking?

3. To what extent do laws have an effect on prostitution and human trafficking?

Mind Map

Mood board/ Supporting Images

Research Summary Report

Quantitative Research

My quantitative research comes from online reports with statistics of prostitution, human trafficking, and sex trafficking. The Polaris Project is a website that educates on human trafficking and provides resources to anyone that is being trafficked. This website provides the most up-to-date statistics for human trafficking. Pro-Con.org also provides up-to-date stats on prostitution. Other sources I used for statistics are USAToday.com and DOsomething.org.

Qualitative research

My main source for qualitative information came from a website called "The Advocates for Human Rights". It provided a very interesting article discussing the topic of human trafficking and prostitution. How they relate to each other, how they are different, and it provides an overview of the legal responses to this. The four primary response models include criminalization, partial decriminalization (nordic model), full decriminalization, and legalization. After learning about each response, I ultimately decided that the Nordic Model was the best solution.

Another main source for qualitative research came from Covenanthouse.org. Covenant House is a nonprofit organization that helps transform and save the lives of more than a million homeless, runaway and trafficked young people. We offer housing and support services to young people in need – reaching 80,000 boys and girls every year. It provides both statistics and stories of human trafficking survivors. I used this website to learn more about the survivor stories to strengthen my argument.

Primary Research

My primary sources come from the two books "The Prostitution of Women and Girls" and "Women and Prostitution: A Social History", as well as many of the websites that provide an overview and statistics of these issues.

Secondary Research

- Youtube videos I've watched about Trafficking and prostitution.

- Pictures, graphs, infographics

- Websites that relate to the meat industry

Creative Brief:

What needs to be done?

Human Trafficking must end. The demand for commercial sex needs to stop.

Who is your audience?

The general public, lawmakers, men, and women.

What needs to be said/made?

The Nordic Model needs to be enforced here in the states. Criminalizing prostitution is detrimental to sex workers.

Sources

Flowers, R. Barri. The Prostitution of Women and Girls. McFarland & Co., 1998.

This book discusses the worldwide sexual exploitation of women and children through sex tourism, sexual slavery, pornography, pedophilia, etc.

Bullough, Vern, and Bonnie Bullough. Women and Prostitution: a Social History. Prometheus Books, 1987.

This book is a historical panorama of the forms of prostitution that has assumed in many cultures over many centuries. It concentrates on cultures in the West and in the East.

http://www.equalitiesinhealth.org/public_html/Prostitution.html

“People Involved in Prostitution.” Prostitution, NHS,

This website provides an overview of who is involved in prostitution. From the prostitute to the middle man, and to the buyer.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X12001453#targetText=The%20scale%20effect%20of%20legalized,are%20favored%20over%20trafficked%20ones.

panelSeo-YoungChoAxelDreherEricNeumayer, Author links open overlay, et al. “Does Legalized Prostitution Increase Human Trafficking?” World Development, Pergamon, 27 July 2012,

This lengthy report investigates the impact of legalized prostitution on human trafficking inflows.

https://www.businessinsider.com/the-6-types-of-prostitutes-and-where-they-work-2013-11

Fuchs, Erin. “The 6 Types Of Prostitutes And Where They Work.” Business Insider, Business Insider, 6 Nov. 2013,

This article covers 6 types of prostitutes and where they work. These are all forms of voluntary prostitution.

https://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/sextrafficking_and_prostitution_10_15.pdf

“Human Rights.” United Nations, United Nations,

This is a very interesting article discussing the topic of human trafficking and prostitution. How they relate to each other, how they are different, and it provides an overview of the legal responses to this. The four primary response models include criminalization, partial decriminalization (nordic model), full decriminalization, and legalization.

https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/the-indy-explains-how-legal-prostitution-works-in-nevada.

Rindels, Michelle. “The Indy Explains: How Legal Prostitution Works in Nevada.” The Nevada Independent - Your State. Your News. Your Voice., The Nevada Independent, 27 May 2018

The article explains how legal prostitution works in Nevada. This is relevant for debating on whether prostitution should be legal in all 50 states.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminist_views_on_prostitution.

“Feminist Views on Prostitution.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 20 Sept. 2019,

This wiki page provides an overview of different views on prostitution from the feminist perspective. Not all feminists agree on this topic.

https://csw.smcgov.org/frequently-asked-questions.

“Frequently Asked Questions.” Commission on the Status of Women, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO,

This article comes from San Mateo County in California which covers frequently asked (and basic) questions about human trafficking

https://www.cityrating.com/crime-statistics/nevada/.

“Nevada Crime Statistics and Rates Report (NV).” CityRating.com: Find the Best Places to Live in the USA, CityRating.com, 2019,

This is a report covering crime in Nevada for 2019. This is relevant because the rape rate in Nevada is higher than the national rate. Nevada is the only state with legal prostitution.

https://prostitution.procon.org/view.answers.php?questionID=000243.

“Does Legal Prostitution Lead to Human Trafficking and Slavery?” Should Prostitution Be Legal?, ProCon.org, 27 Feb. 2018,

This website provides opinions and information from both sides (yes and no) for answering this question.

https://www.covenanthouse.org/homeless-issues/human-trafficking.

“Fight Human Trafficking With Covenant House.” Fight Human Trafficking With Covenant House, Covenant House,

Covenant House is a nonprofit organization that helps transform and save the lives of more than a million homeless, runaway and trafficked young people. We offer housing and support services to young people in need – reaching 80,000 boys and girls every year.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2019/07/29/12-trafficking-statistics-enormity-global-sex-trade/1755192001/.

Kelly, Cara. “13 Sex Trafficking Statistics That Explain the Enormity of the Global Sex Trade.” USA Today, Gannett Satellite Information Network, 30 July 2019,

This article covers 13 sex trafficking statistics that explain the enormity of the global sex trade

https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ei/rls/38790.htm

“The Link Between Prostitution and Sex Trafficking.” U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of State, 24 Nov. 2004

An archived article from the US Department of State explaining the link between human trafficking and prostitution

https://orgs.law.harvard.edu/lids/2014/06/12/does-legalized-prostitution-increase-human-trafficking/

Chow, Denise, et al. “Does Legalized Prostitution Increase Human Trafficking?” Harvard Law and International Development Society, Harvard Law, 9 Sept. 2014

Does legalized prostitution increase human trafficking? Provides statistics

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281440120_Does_Legalized_Prostitution_Increase_Human_Trafficking

Essay regarding the legal prostitution/HT question

https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/human-trafficking/global-report-on-trafficking-in-persons.html

Ragnhild.johansen. “United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.” Global Report on Trafficking in Persons, UNODC, 2019

A Global Report on Trafficking in Persons launched today by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) provides new information on a crime that shames us all.

https://www.globalcenturion.org/programs/theproblem/

“The Problem.” Global Centurion Foundation, Global Centurion

Human trafficking types

https://nordicmodelnow.org/what-is-the-nordic-model/

“What Is the Nordic Model?” Nordic Model Now!, Nordic Model Now, 31 Dec. 2018

Explains the Nordic Model

https://www.scoopwhoop.com/inothernews/countries-with-legal-prostitution/

Bhattacharya, Rohit. “15 Countries Around The World That Have Legalized Prostitution.” ScoopWhoop, ScoopWhoop, 14 Oct. 2016

Where prostitution is legal

https://polarisproject.org/human-trafficking/facts

“The Facts.” Polaris, Polaris, 9 Nov. 2018

Trafficking Statistics