Headlines inflaming fears about human trafficking of children dominate news outlets and community social media discussions. Parents are terrified of scary strangers lurking in grocery store parking lots. They feel compassion for victims they perceive as threatened by traffickers prowling United States borders. The uncomfortable truth lies much closer to home. In reality, parents should be more afraid of the thousands of strangers regularly invited into the bedroom of unsuspecting children each night through social media in a world where trafficking is moving from the street to the smartphone.
Read MoreSince our special issue on human trafficking in The ANNALS (Volume 653 in 2014), we are happy to report that there has been significant growth in both the quantity and quality of research on human trafficking. Here are our findings.
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