Modern slavery and agriculture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20042988 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Byrne (0000-0002-6391-0496), Kreseda Smith (0000-0002-3683-6550) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Pages | 157-165 |
| Publication date | 2016-04-28 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Routledge International Handbook of Rural Criminology (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.4324/9781315755885-18 |
| OpenAlex | W4237092957 |
| ISBN | 9781315755885 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Trafficking and slavery is big business and is rooted in organised crime, both at a national and international level. Modern agriculture, for all its high-tech image, is still very much an industry based upon people power. For many people, especially the media, the face of modern slavery is overwhelmingly dominated by images of the sex industry, where predominately women and children are trafficked. The Act builds on previous legislation outlawing slavery, but most importantly allows seizure of assets of those convicted of trafficking and slavery and the payment of compensation to victims. However, within the range of agricultural production, and as developing economies look more to exports, there is an increasing reliance upon forced labour. Cases such as that in Northern Ireland highlight the problems of legislating for illegal labour, and to some extent it can still criminalise the trafficked individual. The United Kingdom has a long history of dealing with migrant labour – both legal and illegal
Agricultural economics · Agriculture · Archaeology · Economics · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |