Human Trafficking
Applying Research, Theory, and Case Studies for Social Workers and the Helping Professions
(Second Edition)
©2025, 382 pages
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Human Trafficking: Applying Research, Theory, and Case Studies for Social Workers and the Helping Professions provides readers with the knowledge and research they need to better understand the meaning and scope of human trafficking. The second edition features new science, emerging and best practices, promising interventions, and updated content throughout.The book presents a holistic approach to understanding human trafficking, facilitating practice at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels, and taking action. Dedicated chapters address intersectionality and economies of human trafficking, theories to apply at all levels of practice, collective impact and individual action as responses to human trafficking, and more. Factual case studies are included throughout the text to bridge the gap between knowledge and application in real-world environments and situations, as well as discussion of complex issues and implications for practice. All key terms, class discussion questions, exercises, project assignments, and suggestions for further learning have been updated for the second edition.
The first edition of Human Trafficking received the 2019 Robert W. Hamilton Book Award, the University of Texas at Austin’s highest honor of outstanding scholarship and creativity.
This book is part of the Cognella Series on Family and Gender-Based Violence, an interdisciplinary collection of textbooks edited by Claire Renzetti, Ph.D. The titles feature cross-cultural perspectives, cutting-edge strategies and interventions, and timely research on family and gender-based violence.
Noёl Busch-Armendariz, Ph.D., LMSW, M.P.A. is the University Presidential Professor at The University of Texas at Austin, Steve Hicks School of Social Work, the director of IDVSA, and a professor at Dell Medical School. She is a nationally recognized expert and has taught, practiced, and researched gender-based violence, human trafficking, and restorative practice for 30 years.
Maura Nsonwu, Ph.D., LCSW is a professor in the School of Social Work at North Carolina State University. She has practiced as a clinician, educator, and researcher in refugee resettlement, human trafficking, health care, child welfare, and social work education for over 30 years.
Laurie Cook Heffron, Ph.D., LMSW is a professor and the director of the Social Work Program at St. Edward’s University. She has more than 20 years of research and practice experience in the areas of forced migration, intimate partner and sexual violence, and human trafficking.
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"Human Trafficking: Applying Research, Theory, and Case Studies for Social Workers and the Helping Professions (Second Edition) is an engaging text informing readers about the historical and comprehensive nature of human trafficking. It provides theoretical and practical connections enhancing students’ knowledge base which will benefit future employment or advocacy efforts."
Antrina M. Bell, Alcorn State University
"A great foundational text for a Social Work course on Human Trafficking."
Bart W. Miles, Augustana University
"Timely information to help those in the helping professions understand a global issue."
Becky Thomas, University of Akron
"Combining an overview of legal and policy analysis with case studies that illustrate the important challenges the issue of human trafficking presents, this book gives a concise discussion of both the historical origins and contemporary issues in human trafficking."
Jenna Rossi, St. John Fisher University
Praise for the First Edition:
"This book offers broad coverage of the topic which is good for a number of audiences. It delivers most confidently the information centered on victim experiences and service delivery which feels very useful for those working in social work or other professions that lead to encounters with victims. The emphasis on intersectionality shows the need for coordination among a diversity of actors and shows how this is a problem that connects to a number of societal issues and micro-level experiences. This is useful from a problem-solution definition perspective."
Emilie Hafner-Burton, UC San Diego
"I like the organization of micro/mezzo/macro levels. I have yet to see a book that effectively breaks apart the complex factors that perpetuate human trafficking―the authors of this book appear to do that, and they introduce some of the more recent struggles faced by this movement as it grows."
Wendy Stickle, University of Maryland
"This is a very comprehensive book....I think the authors have achieved high degree of an interdisciplinary approach in this text."
Nadia Shapkina, Kansas State University
Antrina M. Bell, Alcorn State University
"A great foundational text for a Social Work course on Human Trafficking."
Bart W. Miles, Augustana University
"Timely information to help those in the helping professions understand a global issue."
Becky Thomas, University of Akron
"Combining an overview of legal and policy analysis with case studies that illustrate the important challenges the issue of human trafficking presents, this book gives a concise discussion of both the historical origins and contemporary issues in human trafficking."
Jenna Rossi, St. John Fisher University
Praise for the First Edition:
"This book offers broad coverage of the topic which is good for a number of audiences. It delivers most confidently the information centered on victim experiences and service delivery which feels very useful for those working in social work or other professions that lead to encounters with victims. The emphasis on intersectionality shows the need for coordination among a diversity of actors and shows how this is a problem that connects to a number of societal issues and micro-level experiences. This is useful from a problem-solution definition perspective."
Emilie Hafner-Burton, UC San Diego
"I like the organization of micro/mezzo/macro levels. I have yet to see a book that effectively breaks apart the complex factors that perpetuate human trafficking―the authors of this book appear to do that, and they introduce some of the more recent struggles faced by this movement as it grows."
Wendy Stickle, University of Maryland
"This is a very comprehensive book....I think the authors have achieved high degree of an interdisciplinary approach in this text."
Nadia Shapkina, Kansas State University
Human Trafficking is the recipient of a 2025 Textbook Excellence "Texty" Award from the Textbook and Academic Authors Association (TAA)! The Textbook Excellence Award recognizes excellence in current textbooks and learning materials.
