Stopping the Traffick
Several years ago, while working with World Vision in Washington, DC, I had the opportunity to write a chapter for a book on preventing human trafficking with my colleague Jesse Eaves, a tireless advocate on Capitol Hill for children who are victims of exploitation of different kinds.
The book’s path of development has been a circuitous one, but lo and behold, it’s finally going to see the light of day. Stopping the Traffick: A Christian Response to Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking is edited by Glenn Miles and Christa Foster Crawford.
Other contributors include Dan Allender of The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology, Jim Martin of International Justice Mission, and Kevin Bales, whose 1999 book, Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy, was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. It’s a really impressive lineup of contributors, to say the least. Here’s the publisher blurb:
Stop the Traffick? How do we even begin addressing such an important – and yet overwhelming – task? If you are a practitioner striving to assist victims or a faith-based organization wondering how to get involved you may be wrestling with questions like: How should we go about working with exploited people? Where should we focus our response? How do we deal with the challenges? This cutting-edge book brings together practical advice and strategic insight from more than 40 global experts and experienced practitioners who thoughtfully explore how best to answer these questions and more. Stopping the Traffick is for everyone who wants to go beyond merely knowing that something must be done to a deeper understanding of how we can more effectively bring an end to exploitation.
Stopping the Traffick (with sophisticated British spelling, I should note) is available in the UK through Regnum Books, and will be published domestically by Wipf and Stock, but it does not yet appear to be available on their website. Amazon is currently selling the e-book version.
Though I’m no longer with World Vision, and while I don’t stand to earn any royalties on this one, I heartily recommend Stopping the Traffick—particularly for those who have already read “trafficking 101” sorts of books and are looking for practical tools and best practices for stopping the exploitation of people.
