Course Summary
The overall goals of this course are:
To Understand the Dynamics of Human Trafficking: This includes examine the domestic and global prevalence, patterns, and methods of human trafficking, including the socio-economic, cultural, and technological factors that enable this crime.
To Critically Analyze Prevention and Intervention Strategies: Explore existing legal frameworks, law enforcement practices, and community-based efforts aimed at preventing human trafficking and supporting survivors.
Foster Advocacy and Ethical Practices: Promote awareness, advocacy, and ethical consumerism to address the demand for trafficked labor and services while supporting policies that combat exploitation.
To Understand the Exploitation of Vulnerable Individuals: Analyze how socio-economic, psychological, and cultural factors contribute to the vulnerability of individuals to human trafficking and exploitation.
To Examine Methods of Recruitment and Control: Evaluate the mechanisms traffickers use to recruit and maintain control over victims, including psychological manipulation, coercion, and systemic barriers to escape.
Promote Effective Strategies for Prevention and Support: Explore strategies for reducing demand, enhancing law enforcement training, and fostering community engagement to prevent exploitation and support survivors effectively.
Develop Investigative Skills in Human Trafficking Cases: Understand the key indicators, behaviors, and techniques used to identify and investigate cases of human trafficking and exploitation, with a focus on both adult and child victims.
Implement a Victim-Centered Approach: Foster trust and rapport with victims through trauma-informed, culturally sensitive interviewing techniques that prioritize their safety, dignity, and psychological well-being.
To learn how to collaborate Effectively with Multidisciplinary Teams: Engage with law enforcement, child advocacy centers, NGOs, and other stakeholders to ensure coordinated investigations and comprehensive victim support.
Understand the Legal Framework of Human Trafficking Laws: Develop a comprehensive understanding of international and domestic laws, including the Palermo Protocol, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA), and Texas state statutes, to combat human trafficking effectively.
Analyze Legal Protections for Victims: Evaluate victim protection mechanisms under the TVPA, such as T-visas, Continued Presence, and victim-centered approaches, to ensure victims' rights and safety are prioritized during investigations and legal proceedings.
Apply Legal Strategies in Enforcement: Learn how to utilize legal tools, such as restitution, forfeiture, and prosecution provisions, to dismantle trafficking networks and hold traffickers accountable under the law.
Enhance Collaborative Strategies in Human Trafficking Investigations: Foster a comprehensive understanding of the importance and implementation of multi-disciplinary collaboration among law enforcement, social service providers, NGOs, and community stakeholders in addressing human trafficking cases.
Empower Community Engagement for Prevention and Response: Equip participants with tools and strategies to engage communities effectively in human trafficking prevention, awareness campaigns, and victim support initiatives.
To Understand the Dynamics of Human Trafficking: This includes examine the domestic and global prevalence, patterns, and methods of human trafficking, including the socio-economic, cultural, and technological factors that enable this crime.
To Critically Analyze Prevention and Intervention Strategies: Explore existing legal frameworks, law enforcement practices, and community-based efforts aimed at preventing human trafficking and supporting survivors.
Foster Advocacy and Ethical Practices: Promote awareness, advocacy, and ethical consumerism to address the demand for trafficked labor and services while supporting policies that combat exploitation.
To Understand the Exploitation of Vulnerable Individuals: Analyze how socio-economic, psychological, and cultural factors contribute to the vulnerability of individuals to human trafficking and exploitation.
To Examine Methods of Recruitment and Control: Evaluate the mechanisms traffickers use to recruit and maintain control over victims, including psychological manipulation, coercion, and systemic barriers to escape.
Promote Effective Strategies for Prevention and Support: Explore strategies for reducing demand, enhancing law enforcement training, and fostering community engagement to prevent exploitation and support survivors effectively.
Develop Investigative Skills in Human Trafficking Cases: Understand the key indicators, behaviors, and techniques used to identify and investigate cases of human trafficking and exploitation, with a focus on both adult and child victims.
Implement a Victim-Centered Approach: Foster trust and rapport with victims through trauma-informed, culturally sensitive interviewing techniques that prioritize their safety, dignity, and psychological well-being.
To learn how to collaborate Effectively with Multidisciplinary Teams: Engage with law enforcement, child advocacy centers, NGOs, and other stakeholders to ensure coordinated investigations and comprehensive victim support.
Understand the Legal Framework of Human Trafficking Laws: Develop a comprehensive understanding of international and domestic laws, including the Palermo Protocol, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA), and Texas state statutes, to combat human trafficking effectively.
Analyze Legal Protections for Victims: Evaluate victim protection mechanisms under the TVPA, such as T-visas, Continued Presence, and victim-centered approaches, to ensure victims' rights and safety are prioritized during investigations and legal proceedings.
Apply Legal Strategies in Enforcement: Learn how to utilize legal tools, such as restitution, forfeiture, and prosecution provisions, to dismantle trafficking networks and hold traffickers accountable under the law.
Enhance Collaborative Strategies in Human Trafficking Investigations: Foster a comprehensive understanding of the importance and implementation of multi-disciplinary collaboration among law enforcement, social service providers, NGOs, and community stakeholders in addressing human trafficking cases.
Empower Community Engagement for Prevention and Response: Equip participants with tools and strategies to engage communities effectively in human trafficking prevention, awareness campaigns, and victim support initiatives.
Course Syllabus
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Module 1 - Building a Knowledge Base
- Course Goals and Objectives
- Domestic and Global Perspective
- Definitions and Terminologies
- Terminology Continued
- Illegal Activity and The Movement of People
- Familial, Labor, Sex Trafficking
- Documents Belonging to Trafficked Victims
- Early and Forced Marriage
- Is Forced Marriage the Same as Arranged Marriage
- Domestic Systems of Trafficking
- Trafficking has Always Occurred
- The Demand for Trafficking - Part 1
- The Demand for Trafficking - Part 2
- The Demand for Trafficking - Part 3
- Deterrents to Buying Sex
- Assessment
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Module 2 - Victims and Offender
- Exploitation of Vulnerable Individuals
- Recruitment-By-Force verses Recruitment-By-Persuasion
- Recruitment And Exploitation
- Recruitment And Exploitation - Continued
- The Art of Control
- Power and Control Wheel
- The Invisibility of Victims
- The Invisibility of Victims - Continued
- Establishing Trust with Victims
- Assessment
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Module 3 - Investigative Considerations
- Investigative Considerations
- Authority Figures and The Uncertainty of Consequences
- The Interview
- How to Identify Trafficking Offenders Based on Specified Indicators
- The Different Roles of a Trafficker
- Terminology
- Case Management and Interagency Cooperation
- Other Agencies
- I.A.C.P.
- The Victim-Centered Approach
- Interviews
- Psychological Connection Between Traffickers and Victims
- Best Practices During an Investigation in Youth Cases
- Children�s Advocacy Center
- Assessment
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Module 4 - Policy, Statutes, and the Law
- Legal Issues
- Prevention, Protection, Prosecution
- The TIP Report
- TVPA Requirements
- Victim Protection Under the TVPA
- Self-petitioning Provision of the TVPA
- Legislative and Policy Changes
- Legislative and Policy Changes - Continued
- Assessment
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Module 5 - Victim Service Providers
- Victim Service Providers
- Victim Service Providers - Continued
- Assessment
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Module 6 - Collaborative Approach
- Collaborative Approach
- Seeking Help From the Community
- A Proactive Response to Human Trafficking
- The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
- Challenges and Barriers to Effective Investigations
- Challenges and Barriers - Continued
- Selected Case Studies
- Sean -Diddy- Combs - Case Study
- Conclusion
- Assessment
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Module 7 - Final Assessment
- Assessment