{"id":1701,"date":"2017-11-16T15:44:15","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T15:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/?p=1701"},"modified":"2025-02-06T13:38:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T18:38:05","slug":"the-fight-against-human-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2017\/11\/16\/the-fight-against-human-trafficking\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fight Against Human Trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column1701_6dbf75-41 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);}.kadence-column1701_6dbf75-41 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column1701_6dbf75-41 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column1701_6dbf75-41 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column1701_6dbf75-41 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column1701_6dbf75-41 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column1701_6dbf75-41 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column1701_6dbf75-41{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column1701_6dbf75-41 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column1701_6dbf75-41 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column1701_6dbf75-41 dynamic-main-col\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1701_99102f-40, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1701_99102f-40[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1701_99102f-40\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1701_99102f-40 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1701_99102f-40[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1701_99102f-40\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1701_99102f-40 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1701_99102f-40[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1701_99102f-40\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading1701_99102f-40 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1701_99102f-40\">Juveniles are prime targets for traffickers, Family Court Commissioner Loretta Young told participants at the second annual Human Trafficking Symposium sponsored by Wilmington University in July.<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image1701_f65b75-bd.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image1701_f65b75-bd .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:350px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image1701_f65b75-bd.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image1701_f65b75-bd .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image1701_f65b75-bd figure{max-width:350px;}.kb-image1701_f65b75-bd .image-is-svg, .kb-image1701_f65b75-bd .image-is-svg img{width:100%;}.kb-image1701_f65b75-bd .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image1701_f65b75-bd\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.test.wilmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Human-Trafficking-1024x768-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img\"\/><figcaption><em>Frank Sabella and Karen Spring were members of a four-person panel at the Human Trafficking Symposium.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey are inexperienced, naive, and trusting,\u201d she said. \u201cTheir brains are still developing, but they seek independence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Young teaches Human Trafficking (SOC 404) and infuses her course with the real-life experiences of suspected victims of juvenile and adult sex trafficking on her court docket.&nbsp; She also draws her knowledge from her role as the Family Court\u2019s representative on the Delaware Human Trafficking Council, where she chairs its Juvenile subcommittee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Young is one of more than a dozen WilmU faculty who participated as workshop and discussion leaders at the symposium. Reflecting WilmU\u2019s commitment to its scholarly practitioner model, these instructors bring real-world experience into the classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The keynote speaker was victim advocate and human trafficking survivor Holly Austin Smith. The author of the book, \u201cWalking Prey: How America\u2019s Youth Are Vulnerable to Sex Slavery,\u201d Austin Smith discussed the dynamics of how, at 14, she was lured into child prostitution from her South Jersey suburban hometown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dan Salfas, a school resource officer with the Delaware State Police, is in daily contact with teenagers. \u201cAs an SRO,\u201d he says, \u201cit\u2019s important to understand human trafficking to be able to help possible juveniles involved in such a horrific crime.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Resource officers can raise awareness of human trafficking and Salfas, who has taught Sociology courses at WilmU for the past seven years, also has incorporated information about the issue into his Introduction to Sociology (SOC 101) classes. \u201cIt\u2019s a hot topic that directly involves many sociological perspectives reviewed in SOC 101,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Karen Spring, a licensed clinical social worker, has been teaching Sociology courses at WilmU for more than 10 years. In her workplace, she encounters women in a health care setting, screens them for safety concerns and refers them to community agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI work with medical providers to raise awareness of the signs of human trafficking and abusive situations,\u201d says Spring, who teaches graduate courses for the Case Management certificate. \u201cWe address human trafficking specifically and look at it as both a global and domestic issue. We discuss interviewing techniques and assessments that professionals in the human services field can use.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Frank Sabella, a detective with the Cumberland County (New Jersey) prosecutor\u2019s office, is a long-standing liaison to the New Jersey Human Trafficking Task Force.&nbsp; He has conducted investigations into suspected human trafficking violations and does public outreach and education presentations on the topic.&nbsp; Among the Sociology classes he teaches at WilmU\u2019s New Jersey sites are courses that involve recognizing and investigating human trafficking.&nbsp; Sabella also teaches courses for the Child Advocacy Studies certificate and incorporates information about human trafficking into his course on investigating child maltreatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAbout half of the victims of human trafficking are children under 18 so it is important information to include in a class about child abuse,\u201d says Sabella.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These instructors have their fingers on the pulse of the troubling issue of human trafficking and are helping to raise awareness with WilmU students. 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