CRJ322 Human Trafficking, A Hidden Crime , Unit 5.1 DB: A Larger Issue, Post University,

CRJ322  Human Trafficking, A Hidden Crime, Unit 5.1 DB: A Larger Issue

 

There are many different resources available to assist the victims of human trafficking.  Identify one resource which is available in your area and explore the practicality of the resource.  Then, identify one resource which you believe your community would benefit from and explain your reasoning. In response to at least two of your peers’ posts, examine the solutions they have identified and compare these solutions to the ones you identified in your own post.  Examine the similarities and differences. 

California has many programs available to assist victims of human trafficking. This website describes a few. Obviously, each person is different, and their situation is unique. The more services that are offered, the better since some people need more and some people only need one or two services.  

“The Trafficking and Crime Victims Assistance Program (TCVAP) provides cash assistance, food benefits, and employment and social services to eligible non-citizen victims of human trafficking, domestic violence and other serious crimes services. The TCVAP is a state-funded program and is administered by the Refugee Programs Bureau (RPB). RPB provides services to counties and stakeholders throughout California to administer the TCVAP.” (No author given, 2024) 

 

What is missing from the protection of victims from human trafficking is to force them to testify against their traffickers. This puts the victim in a very dangerous place and their family and friends if the trafficker decides to get revenge.  

 

“All too often, law enforcement agents try to coerce survivors into testifying against their trafficker in court, which can be extremely dangerous. They leverage the threat of incarceration and withhold victims’ services to get survivors to testify. In fact, California victims of human trafficking can be denied crime victims’ compensation  just for failing to cooperate with a law enforcement agency in the arrest and conviction of their trafficker.” (No author given, 2024) 

 

 

 

Resources: 

No author given, 2024, California Department of Social Services, Trafficking and Crime Victims Assistance Program, https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/tcvap 

 

No author given, 2024, ACLU, The Facts About SB 14, https://aclucalaction.org/the-facts-about-sb-14/