It is God's will

Exploiting religious beliefs as a means of human trafficking

Bibliographic Data

ID3867921
AuthorsErin C Heil (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume5
Issue1
Pages48-61
Publication date2017-04-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCritical Research on Religion (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2050-3032 • E-ISSN: 2050-3040
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/2050303216676520
OpenAlexW2550185964
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited10

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 victim coercion. The purpose is threefold: (1) to establish religion as a tool of coercion at the interpersonal level, (2) to examine specific trafficking cases in which religion was the method of coercion, and (3) to discuss the challenge of prosecuting cases in which the act was the result of religious coercion

Criminology · Interpersonal communication · Islam · Political science · Sociology · Computer Science · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses

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