Questions to ask if you
suspect you are in the presence of a trafficking victim
Screening Questions
- Is the person free to leave
the work site?
- Is the person physically,
sexually or psychologically abused?
- Does the person have a
passport or valid I.D. card and is he/she in possession of such documents?
- What is the pay and
conditions of employment?
- Does the person live at home
or at/near the work site?
- How did the individual arrive
to this destination if the suspected victim is a foreign national?
- Has the person or a family
member of this person been threatened?
- Does the person fear that
something bad will happen to him or her, or to a family member, if he/she
leaves the job?
Anyone
can report suspected trafficking cases. If the victim is under 18, U.S.
professionals who work in law enforcement, healthcare, social care, mental
health, and education are mandated to report such cases. Through a grass-roots
community-wide effort and public awareness campaign, more professionals on the
front line can readily identify the trafficking victim and have him/her treated
accordingly.
Male Servitude in
Abusive Marriages is Becoming Pandemic Tragedies.
1.
No, not without heavy scrutiny from the controlling person
additional abuse to victim or others.
2.
Yes, physically assaulted or force to comply with
requests to include sex, destruction, of property or public humiliation.
3.
May have their own but not that of others for whom they
are concerned, feel that they can’t leave or others will be hurt.
4.
Money is closely monitored and spending is scrutinized heavily
punished as in item 2.
5.
Lives where the controlling party wants them to sleep
or eat as told.
6.
NA
7.
Yes, children are threatened by controlling person, and
abuse is scene and reported often dismissed when abused person asks for help.
8.
Yes, the controlling person threatens to harm the
children or causes public scene and is good at winning over sympathy to exploit
the victims.
Tools used to control victims in domestic setting, abuse to
children or others, isolation techniques, (offensive behavior comments, embarrassment
of others or victim, threats to harm others, use of system to control victim). The male spouse calls for help, the woman
pretends to be victim, male is arrested (taught a lesson about asking for
help).
Social inequity, a female exploits the system’s natural
tendency to care for female in domestic abuse cases. She claims to be the victim of abuse. Falsifies evidence and manipulates officials
involved using, a potentially persuasive and charismatic personality.
Many workers for DCFS, CPS, and police officers have experienced
abuse and have personal bias toward men who seek help and as a result reported as abusive due to the societal or personal bias. The workers may also be abusers themselves or
feel the abusive behavior is acceptable and the male help seeker is being too sensitive.
Male officers are not accustomed to environments with abusive women or
feel they need to control their spouse.
This is a potentially abusive officer who feels his spouse needs controlled instead
of treated equal, the officer is a potentially abusive person, who has a submissive spouse.
Officers have a political affiliation with the abusive
person, officers or officials have a political non-professional relationship
with the abusive person. Even good intentioned officers often attempt to help
the abuser overcome their issues. This teaches the victim there is no help and alerts
the abuser to the victim’s actions to get help causing more drastic measures to conceal the abuse, or to create a false narrative of abuse by the male help seeker to gain sympathy.
