When releasing a violent psychiatric patient from a psychiatric hospital or facility, it is crucial to think about whether the patient will hurt someone once they are released. A paper published in PLoS One states that the standard tools used to determine the patient’s risk of violence isn’t entirely accurate for preventing violence. A set of methods used to assess these risks is called Structured Professional Judgment (SPJ). SPJ is supposed to fill the gap between the psychi

A group religious sisters who disguise themselves as prostitutes to infiltrate brothels and buy children being trafficked is expanding to 140 countries. John Studzinski, a philanthropist who chairs Talitha Kum, stated that 1,100 sisters operate in 80 countries. Due to the need of efforts in fighting human trafficking, the demand for this type of groups is on the rise. Talitha Kum estimates that one percent of the world’s population is trafficked in some form, which is roughly

Most people are often horrified about the thought of sex trafficking, yet society continues to see pornography as an accepted and even celebrated genre of entertainment. It is vital that as conscientious citizens, we see the link between pornography and sex trafficking. Simply put, pornography drives the demand for sex trafficking. Pornography comes from the Greek words porne, meaning “prostituted woman,” and graphos, meaning “writings.” A professor at Harvard Law School, Cat

An interdepartmental task force was created to investigate mistreatment of Irish fishing fleet works. This follows claims by The Guardian newspaper that illegal African and Asian migrant workers were being used a cheap source of labor on Irish Trawlers. Those working on the task force include representatives from the Departments of Jobs Enterprise & Innovation, Justice, Transport, Tourism and Sport, Food and Marine, Agriculture, along with the Attorney General’s office and th