Human Trafficking Hysteria

The text examines the impacts of human trafficking panics perpetuated by media, including understanding the origins of human trafficking in the nineteenth century white slave panic, the ways that popular media perpetuates stereotypes, the reality of trafficking at sporting events, and the role of social media in generating misinformation.

Sarah Hupp Williamson is an Associate Professor of Criminology at the University of West Georgia. Her several lines of research examine the intersections of globalization, inequality, and crime. She is the author of Human Trafficking in the Era of Global Migration: Unraveling the Impact of Neoliberal Economic Policy and Criminology Explains Human Trafficking.

1. INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING 2. CULTURAL CRIMINOLOGY AND MORAL PANIC THEORY 3. THE WHITE SLAVE PANIC 4. THE POP CULTURE PANIC 5. THE SPORTING EVENT PANIC 6. THE SOCIAL MEDIA PANIC 7. CONCLUSION