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Book Report On In Pursuit Of Love By Rebecca Bender

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Class 307 In Pursuit of Love by Rebecca Bender opened my eyes to real world human trafficking. It allowed me to adjust what I thought I knew about it and changed my preconceived definition of what I thought human trafficking was. Not only did the book help me understand human trafficking can happen anywhere in the world, it showed me how law enforcement has a vital role. There’s always room for improvement when it comes to supporting victims and finding justice for them. Even in small town, rural Iowa, I am eager to learn the signs of human trafficking and do what I can to prevent this growing problem. Before reading In Pursuit of Love what I thought was human trafficking was mostly a result of the information I received from media …show more content…

Going back to Taken, I imagined victims of human trafficking being forced against their will into prostitution, contrary to what Bender depicts in the book. She is tricked in to sex labor by someone who she thought she trusted. The force is disguised behind the luxurious meals, clothing, and cars she is “gifted” and the fraudulent love and promises Rebecca’s abusers express to her time from time. This deceitful behavior, alongside with the threats and fear that is created from the physical abuse allowed me to see it’s not easy for victims to just get up and walk away; Nor is it fair to question why they never left or came back if they were able to …show more content…

Rebecca even states herself, “It took me several years to even identify that I was a victim of human trafficking. I thought, I’m a prostitute, and my boyfriend is very abusive. I believed that for years.” Rebecca seemed to not know or recognize the coercion until she was in a position too hard to escape from. Her abusers also seduced her with their ability to come off as “smart, funny – charming” and created a false sense of family. These are ways perpetrators of domestic violence gain control over their victims. Recognizing the dynamics of human trafficking, in addition to domestic violence will allow law enforcement officials to see the signs victims and perpetrators portray and will hopefully lead to holding offenders accountable. This starts with addressing the needs of the victims they encounter. I felt like the officers who were holding the prostitution sting in the hotel Rebecca visited in chapter 1 could have been handled with more respect and dignity, in addition to possibly attempting to find more information regarding if the girls were being trafficked or

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