Human Trafficking
Informative Outline
Topic: Human Trafficking
General Purpose: To Inform
Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about Human Trafficking. What it is, where it is and who gets affected.
Central Idea/Thesis: Human trafficking is overlooked but occurs on a more widespread basis then people believe.
I. Introduction
A. Attention Getter: What if you were promised a better life with an advanced career, but instead were forced into prostitution? Many are unknowingly placed into this position by human traffickers.
B. Relation: Human trafficking is simply a “modern day slave trade”. It transports and sells victims across borders, but also trafficking is the crime of carrying someone into slavery by force or fraud. “The victims of human trafficking are young children, teenagers, men, and women; they are trafficked into the United States from Asia, Central and South America, and Eastern Europe” (Fact Sheet).
C. Central Idea: Human trafficking is overlooked but occurs on a more widespread basis then people believe.
D. Credibility Statement:
1. According to the Department of Health and Human Services, “after drug dealing, human trafficking is tied with the illegal arms industry as the second largest criminal industry in the world today, and it is the fastest growing.”
2. I have done lots of research online about human trafficking after watching the movie called Taken a couple years back.
E. Preview of Main Points:
1. First, I will talk about what human trafficking really is.
2. Second, I will talk about who gets trafficked and how it works.
3. Finally, I will talk about where is happens and what is being done about it.
II. Body
A. Human trafficking is simply a modern day slave trade.
1. “Sexual trafficking has been defined in numerous ways.” (Hodge)
a. Rape
b. Beating
c. Confinement
2. “The United States government defines sex trafficking as the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for the
Topic: Human Trafficking
General Purpose: To Inform
Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about Human Trafficking. What it is, where it is and who gets affected.
Central Idea/Thesis: Human trafficking is overlooked but occurs on a more widespread basis then people believe.
I. Introduction
A. Attention Getter: What if you were promised a better life with an advanced career, but instead were forced into prostitution? Many are unknowingly placed into this position by human traffickers.
B. Relation: Human trafficking is simply a “modern day slave trade”. It transports and sells victims across borders, but also trafficking is the crime of carrying someone into slavery by force or fraud. “The victims of human trafficking are young children, teenagers, men, and women; they are trafficked into the United States from Asia, Central and South America, and Eastern Europe” (Fact Sheet).
C. Central Idea: Human trafficking is overlooked but occurs on a more widespread basis then people believe.
D. Credibility Statement:
1. According to the Department of Health and Human Services, “after drug dealing, human trafficking is tied with the illegal arms industry as the second largest criminal industry in the world today, and it is the fastest growing.”
2. I have done lots of research online about human trafficking after watching the movie called Taken a couple years back.
E. Preview of Main Points:
1. First, I will talk about what human trafficking really is.
2. Second, I will talk about who gets trafficked and how it works.
3. Finally, I will talk about where is happens and what is being done about it.
II. Body
A. Human trafficking is simply a modern day slave trade.
1. “Sexual trafficking has been defined in numerous ways.” (Hodge)
a. Rape
b. Beating
c. Confinement
2. “The United States government defines sex trafficking as the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for the
References: "FACT SHEET: HUMAN TRAFFICKING (English)." Administration for Children and Families. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2 Aug. 2012. Web. 08 Oct. 2012. . “Human Trafficking.” Issues & Controversies On File 17 Nov. 2008. Issues & Controversies. Facts on File News Services. 6 Apr. 2009 < http://www.2facts.com>. Hodge, DR. "Sexual Trafficking In The United States: A Domestic Problem With Transnational Dimensions." Social Work 53.2 (2008): 143-152. CINAHL with Full Text. Web. 10 Oct. 2012.