Human Trafficking & Prostitution
Early Summer Session 2
| 3 credits
| Study Tour:
Trafficking in human beings and prostitution are related and very widespread phenomena in today’s globalized world. This course is an introduction to definitions and manifestations of human trafficking, and an overview of legal, law-enforcement and societal responses to it at the global, European and national levels. Students will also gain an understanding of prostitution from sociological and psychological angles. The study tour to Amersterdam will allow students to gain insight into the implications of legalized prostitution in the Dutch capital. They will be exposed to key actors and learn firsthand how prostitution impacts the women involved, how NGOs operate, and how law enforcement officials learn to cope with legalized prostituion in their city.
Instructors
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Anne Brandt Christensen
Cand.jur. (Law, University of Copenhagen, 1995) and Advokat (Danish Bar). Chairman of the NGO HopeNow, has worked with anti-trafficking in Denmark and internationally since 2007, including the Danish Red Cross. Has worked with CSR and sustainability for corporations in Denmark and internationally since 2000. With DIS since 2007.