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Slavery Prevention in the Contemporary World

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Introduction

Contemporary slavery has attracted increasing attention from the public and private sectors in the last decade following the 1999 publication of Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy by sociologist Kevin Bales. This first inquiry into the shape and scope of modern-day slavery in five countries not only opened up awareness but also played a key role in the development of new legislation and the formation or direction of many organizations in the USA. In the 10 years since the passage in 2000 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA, Div. A of Pub. L. No. 106–386) and the United Nations General Assembly (2000) adoption of the Palermo Protocol (the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children of the UN Convention on Transnational Organized Crime), the world has made great strides in what we know and what we do about this ultimate exploitation of human beings.

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Hyde, J. (2014). Slavery Prevention in the Contemporary World. In: Gullotta, T.P., Bloom, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Primary Prevention and Health Promotion. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5999-6_313

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