Abstract
This paper attempts to unravel the underpinning factors that account to upsurge of human trafieking in Edo State, Nigeria. The discourse is hinged a the Mertonian concept of innovation which explains the circumvention of societal mainstream values and employed as a circuit and routes to achieving species collectively subscribed goals. The aims and objective of the study include:
identifying the changes in family structures that predispose parents to trafficking their child examining the changes in family values that predispose parents to trafficking ; discussing the perception of parents abmt fraflcking their children and Jnally explaining the reasons for the persistence of human traflcking despite attempts to curb+f. Focus group discussion (FGD) and indepth interview method were used in collecting data. The study revealed that parents are predisposed to their children due to pmertyI unemployment, & feed, ignorance, illiteracy, polygyny, distartion of social values, dysfunctional famlies among others
Owumi, B & Jerome, P (2021). Changing Family structures/values and -the Incidence of Human Trafficking in Edo State. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/changing-family-structures-values-and-the-incidence-of-human-trafficking-in-edo-state
Owumi, Bernard and Patricia Jerome "Changing Family structures/values and -the Incidence of Human Trafficking in Edo State" Afribary. Afribary, 11 May. 2021, https://afribary.com/works/changing-family-structures-values-and-the-incidence-of-human-trafficking-in-edo-state. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
Owumi, Bernard, Patricia Jerome . "Changing Family structures/values and -the Incidence of Human Trafficking in Edo State". Afribary, Afribary, 11 May. 2021. Web. 24 Apr. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/changing-family-structures-values-and-the-incidence-of-human-trafficking-in-edo-state >.
Owumi, Bernard and Jerome, Patricia . "Changing Family structures/values and -the Incidence of Human Trafficking in Edo State" Afribary (2021). Accessed April 24, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/changing-family-structures-values-and-the-incidence-of-human-trafficking-in-edo-state