Trafficking justice : how Russian police enforce new laws, from crime to courtroom / Lauren A. McCarthy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCarthy, Lauren A., 1979- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human trafficking--Russia (Federation).

Human trafficking.

Law enforcement--Russia (Federation).

Law enforcement.

Human trafficking--Law and legislation--Russia (Federation)--Criminal provisions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, New York ; London, [England] : Cornell University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In response to a growing human trafficking problem and domestic and international pressure, human trafficking and the use of slave labor were first criminalized in Russia in 2003. In Trafficking Justice, Lauren A. McCarthy explains why Russian police, prosecutors, and judges have largely ignored this new weapon in their legal arsenal, despite the fact that the law was intended to make it easier to pursue trafficking cases. Using a combination of interview data, participant observation, and an original dataset of more than 5,500 Russian news media articles on human trafficking cases, McCarthy explores how trafficking cases make their way through the criminal justice system, covering multiple forms of the crime-sexual, labor, and child trafficking-over the period 2003-2013. She argues that to understand how law enforcement agencies have dealt with trafficking, it is critical to understand how their "institutional machinery"-the incentives, culture, and structure of their organizations-channels decision-making on human trafficking cases toward a familiar set of routines and practices and away from using the new law. As a result, law enforcement often chooses to charge and prosecute traffickers with related crimes, such as kidnapping or recruitment into prostitution, rather than under the 2003 trafficking law because these other charges are more familiar and easier to bring to a successful resolution. In other words, after ten years of practice, Russian law enforcement has settled on a policy of prosecuting traffickers, not trafficking.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Preface

Note on Transliteration

List of Abbreviations

Criminal Code Articles Referenced

Introduction

1. History, Trends, and Contours of Human Trafficking in Russia

2. The Human Trafficking Laws

3. Law Enforcement's Institutional Machinery and the Criminal Process

4. The Identification of Human Trafficking Cases

5. The Investigation of Human Trafficking Cases

6. Indictment, Trial, and Sentencing

Conclusion

Appendix A: Methodology

Appendix B: Official Russian Law Enforcement Statistics on Human Trafficking Crimes

Legal Sources

References

Index

Notes:

Based on author's thesis (doctoral - University of Wisconsin--Madison, 2011) issued under title: Trafficking (in)justice : law enforcement's response to human trafficking in Russia.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781501701368

1501701363

9781501701375

1501701371

OCLC:

965158038