Human Trafficking, Intersectionality, and the Criminal Justice System Panel Series
Panel 1: The Landscape Of The Criminal Justice System And Sex Trafficking: Centering Marginalized Voices
This panel features a number of experts on the landscape of human trafficking, the challenges within the criminal justice system, and the work to be done.
Featured Organizations
It’s Going to Be Okay - https://www.igtbok.org/
It’s Going To Be Ok Inc. (IGTBOK) was started by Tonya Stafford a survivor herself of human trafficking to help human trafficking survivors. It is her vision to eradicate human trafficking one survivor at a time through rescue, restoration, and education. Tonya’s vision is aimed at those from all backgrounds, and ethnicity regardless of who they are. Tonya started IGTBOK in 2014 and from there IGTBOK has grown and been recognized throughout the state of Texas and the United States.
Additional Resources
Panel 3: Prosecution And Sex Trafficking: Criminalization Of Survivorship
This panel features leading voices in the crime survivors field and provide perspective on how to better support survivors of trafficking and how the criminalization of survivorship re-traumatizes survivors and creates barriers to effective change within trafficking cases.
Additional Resources
Discussed during this panel:
START Act: Pending legislation in NYS to expand CPL 440 for trafficking victims https://sanctuaryforfamilies.org/our-approach/advocacy/start-act/The Survivor Reentry Project gives a good summary of national post-conviction relief options. https://freedomnetworkusa.org/advocacy/survivor-reentry-project/
Raghavan, C., Beck, C. J. A., Menke, J. M., & Loveland J. E. (2019). Coercive controlling behaviors in intimate partner violence in male same-sex relationships: A mixed methods study. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10538720.2019.1616643Doychak, K &
Raghavan, C. (2018). “No voice or vote:” trauma-coerced attachment in victims of sex trafficking. Journal of Human Trafficking, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23322705.2018.1518625
Case law: https://law.justia.com/cases/new-york/other-courts/2018/2018-ny-slip-op-28161.html
Raghavan, C., Barbaro, L. (2019). Patterns in Coercive Controlling Behaviors Among Men Mandated for Batterer Treatment: Denial, Minimization, and Consistency of Tactics Across Relationships.
Panel 2: Intersectionality And Trafficking: Centering Race, Gender, & Sexuality In The Racial Justice Movement
This panel features a number of experts on the intersection between race, gender, and sexuality when dealing with trafficking cases and how the racial justice movement can impact how these cases are viewed and handled.
Panel 4: Next Steps In The Anti-Trafficking Movement
This panel features experts providing their perspective on the next steps for the anti-trafficking movement and current challenges to change.
Additional Resources
Strategies to Restore Justice to Sex Trafficked Native Women - https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-3-319-63192-9_123-1
Garden of Truth: The Prostitution and Trafficking of Native Women in Minnesota - https://www.niwrc.org/resources/garden-truth-prostitution-and-trafficking-native-women-minnesota
Colonization, Homelessness, and the Prostitution and Sex Trafficking of Native Women - https://vawnet.org/material/colonization-homelessness-and-prostitution-and-sex-trafficking-native-women