
Slavery, trafficking and exploitation
With an estimated 40 million victims of human trafficking around the world, and countless more being unfairly exploited, research on this topics is incredibly valuable, especially when combined with direct accounts from victims, to help us understand the realities of the situation.
The books below offer crucial insights into the lives of victims and suggest vital policy changes.
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Chasing the Mafia
'Ndrangheta, Memories and Journeys
The ‘ndrangheta is one of wealthiest and most powerful criminal organizations today. Combining autobiography, travel ethnography, memoir, and investigative journalism, this book provides a global outlook on the ‘ndrangheta, taking the reader to small villages and locations in Italy and in different countries around the world.

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Child slavery now
A contemporary reader
Around 210 million children are still in slavery today. This groundbreaking book shows why they remain locked in slavery, the ways in which they are exploited and how they can be emancipated. It also reminds us that all consumers are implicated in modern childhood slavery.

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The Complexities of Human Trafficking and Exploitation
The Circles of Analysis
Written by an experienced practitioner, this book offers a unique model to assist professionals and researchers working to prosecute and prevent trafficking and modern slavery.

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Conceptualising Arbitrary Detention
Power, Punishment and Control
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.
This book examines how governments misuse detention to abuse power, suppress dissent and maintain social hierarchies. Proposing solutions for future policy, this is a call for greater respect for the rule of law and human rights.

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Contesting County Lines
Case Studies in Drug Crime and Deviant Entrepreneurship
Combining a compulsive read with rigorous academic analysis, this book tells the real-life stories of drug dealers involved in county lines networks. This myth-busting, accessible book offers a new way of thinking about drug crime prevention, intervention and enforcement.

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County Lines
Exploitation and Drug Dealing among Urban Street Gangs
Drawing upon extensive research amongst gang members, dealers and drug users, this timely book provides a comprehensive insight into the ‘County Lines’ phenomenon.
Shedding new light on this urgent topic on government agendas, this is an invaluable contribution to the literature on gangs, youth violence and organised crime.

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The Criminalisation of Unaccompanied Migrant Minors
Voices from the Detention Processes in Greece
Greece is a key EU entry country for unaccompanied migrant minors seeking safety but such children are frequently criminalised through detention processes. Giving voice to migrant children throughout, Papadopoulos promotes child-friendly practices and the safeguarding of fundamental rights.

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A Criminology of War?
In this book, the authors seek to question if a ‘criminology of war’ is possible, whilst providing an implicit critique of mainstream criminology. They also examine how this seemingly ‘new horizon’ of the discipline might be usefully informed by sociology.

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Cultures of Cannabis Control
An International Comparison of Policy Making
The governance of illegal drug use is often subject to polarized debate, with political preferences seemingly driven by the need to appeal to populist fears. Based upon research with ‘elite’ insiders, David Brewster explores global cannabis policy approaches and offers future directions for policy making and comparative criminology.

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Dead-End Lives
Drugs and Violence in the City Shadows
Using vivid testimonies and images, Briggs and Monge document the stories and situations of the people who live in Valdemingómez , placing them in a political, economic and social context.

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Decolonizing Reproductive Rights in Latin America
The Cases of Forced Sterilization in Peru
Based on ethnographic fieldwork, this book examines forced sterilization through various registers, from the ways women speak about reproductive abuse to urban feminist activism and bureaucratic responses. The first ethnography on sterilization cases in Peru, this book contributes to reproduction, Latin American and feminist decolonial studies.

Designing Prostitution Policy
Intention and Reality in Regulating the Sex Trade
The book offers a detailed analysis of the design and implementation of prostitution policy at the local level.

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