Erin C Heil
Biographic Data
| ID | 1382662 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erin C Heil |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erin C |
| FAMILY NAME | Heil |
| SIGNATURE | HEIL E C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Family Involved Human Trafficking
It is God's will
Human traffickers use various methods to maintain and control their victims, including physical, economic, and psychological restraints. Specifically focusing on the psychological aspect of control, this paper seeks to address the role of religion and how it can be exploited as a tool of coercion. Employing case study methodology, this paper will focus on examples of Islam, House of Judah, and Scientology, and how belief systems facilitated victi…
Challenges to Identifying and Prosecuting Sex Trafficking Cases in the Midwest United States
Drawing from 12 in-depth interviews and two focus groups with prosecutors, attorneys, victim advocates, social service providers, and police in an urban Midwestern city, challenges to identifying and prosecuting sex trafficking cases are examined. Challenges to identification included trafficking techniques such as coercion, online solicitation, hidden venues, and interstate movement, as well as issues with police reporting and investigation. Cha…
Sex Slaves and Serfs
Erin Heil explores the global problem of human trafficking in the context of a small Florida town--one typical of the many rural communities that confront modern day slavery in their own backyards. Drawing on two years of interviews and observation, Heil lays out the dynamics that allow both agricultural and sexual forced labor to flourish. She also highlights community antitrafficking responses. Including the perspectives of traffickers, victims…
The Brazilian Landless Movement, Resistance, and Violence
Challenges to Identifying and Prosecuting Sex Trafficking Cases in the Midwest United States
Drawing from 12 in-depth interviews and two focus groups with prosecutors, attorneys, victim advocates, social service providers, and police in an urban Midwestern city, challenges to identifying and prosecuting sex trafficking cases are examined. Challenges to identification included trafficking techniques such as coercion, online solicitation, hidden venues, and interstate movement, as well as issues with police reporting and investigation. Cha…
Family Involved Human Trafficking
The Brazilian Landless Movement, Resistance, and Violence
The Brazilian Landless Movement, Resistance, and Violence
Sex Slaves and Serfs
Erin Heil explores the global problem of human trafficking in the context of a small Florida town--one typical of the many rural communities that confront modern day slavery in their own backyards. Drawing on two years of interviews and observation, Heil lays out the dynamics that allow both agricultural and sexual forced labor to flourish. She also highlights community antitrafficking responses. Including the perspectives of traffickers, victims…
Challenges to Identifying and Prosecuting Sex Trafficking Cases in the Midwest United States
Drawing from 12 in-depth interviews and two focus groups with prosecutors, attorneys, victim advocates, social service providers, and police in an urban Midwestern city, challenges to identifying and prosecuting sex trafficking cases are examined. Challenges to identification included trafficking techniques such as coercion, online solicitation, hidden venues, and interstate movement, as well as issues with police reporting and investigation. Cha…
It is God's will
Human traffickers use various methods to maintain and control their victims, including physical, economic, and psychological restraints. Specifically focusing on the psychological aspect of control, this paper seeks to address the role of religion and how it can be exploited as a tool of coercion. Employing case study methodology, this paper will focus on examples of Islam, House of Judah, and Scientology, and how belief systems facilitated victi…
Family Involved Human Trafficking
Criminology (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sex work and related issues (4 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology (3 works) · Coercion (linguistics (2 works) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (2 works) · Human trafficking (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Medicine (2 works)