Attitudes of Karak University College Employees Towards the Crime of Human Trafficking

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Associate Professor- Department of Social Sciences- Karak University College- Balqa Applied University-The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the attitudes of the employees of Karak University College towards the crime of human trafficking, and in order to achieve the objectives of the study, a questionnaire was developed to collect data, and after it was confirmed its validity and stability, it was distributed to all members of the study population through the full survey of the entire study population of (212) male and female employees from Karak University College, and the study reached a set of results, which we summarize as follows:

The results showed that the general average attitudes of the employees of Karak University College towards the crime of human trafficking according to the factors: (economic and social) came at a high level.
The results indicated that there were no statistically significant differences at the level of significance (α≤0.05) for the attitudes of Karak University College employees towards the crime of human trafficking according to all factors attributed to demographic variables (gender, monthly income, and marital status).

Based on the results, the study came out with some recommendations, the most important of which were: working to improve the economic and social conditions of community members, working to further harsher penalties that limit the spread of this crime, and working to educate community members to combat the crime of human trafficking.  

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