Graduation Year
2011
Document Type
Thesis
Degree
M.A.
Degree Granting Department
Anthropology
Major Professor
Heide Castañeda, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Susan Greenbaum, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Jaime Corvin, Ph.D.
Keywords
Immigration, migrant health, health care access, federal/state policy, service provision.
Abstract
In recent years, Florida has acquired a reputation as fertile ground for human trafficking. On the heels of state and federal anti-human trafficking legislation, a host of organizations have risen to provide a range of services. In this thesis, I discuss findings from 26 interviews conducted with law enforcement, service providers, legal representatives and trafficked persons to contextualize the variability in the way anti-trafficking work is conceptualized by stakeholders across the state. Additionally, I explore how conflicting organizational policies on the local, state, and federal levels impact stakeholder collaboration and complicate trafficked persons' attempts to navigate already complex processes of social/health services and documentation. Lastly, I provide policy recommendations that attempt to address the major issues associated with anti-trafficking work identified through the analysis of participant interviews.
Scholar Commons Citation
Dickey, Nathaniel, "More than "Modern Day Slavery": Stakeholder Perspectives and Policy on Human Trafficking in Florida" (2011). USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etd/3072
