Selected Publications
Christa Foster Crawford, J.D.
BOOKS
Christa Foster Crawford and Glenn Miles, Eds. Finding Our Way through the Traffick: Navigating the Complexities of a Christian Response to Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking (Regnum Books 2017)
Glenn Miles and Christa Foster Crawford, Eds. Stopping the Traffick: A Christian Response to Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking (Regnum Books 2014)
Christa Foster Crawford. So You Want to Rescue Child Sex Slaves: What You Need to Know Before You Begin (Smashbooks 2012)
Christa Foster Crawford/UNESCAP. Combatting Human Trafficking in Asia: A Resource Guide to International and Regional Legal Instruments, Political Commitments and Recommended Practices (United Nations 2003)
BOOK CHAPTERS
“Should We Imprison Parents Who Sell Their Own Children?” in Finding Our Way through the Traffick, Editors: Crawford and Miles (Regnum Books 2017)
“What are Some of the Challenges with Rescue and Outreach? How Do We Wrestle with the Fact that Outreach To People in Prostitution – Including Children – Does Not Always Result in Immediate,Lasting ‘Rescue’ From Harm?” in Finding Our Way through the Traffick, Editors: Crawford and Miles (Regnum Books 2017)
“What Role Should Residential Care Have in the Prevention of Trafficking of Children? How Can We Ensure Excellence in Prevention?” in Finding Our Way through the Traffick, Editors: Crawford and Miles (Regnum Books 2017)
“How Do We Address Challenges in Outreach? Introduction” in Finding Our Way through the Traffick, Editors: Crawford and Miles (Regnum Books 2017)
“How Can We Respond Holistically to Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking? Introduction” in Finding Our Way through the Traffick, Editors: Crawford and Miles (Regnum Books 2017)
“How Must We Prepare Ourselves to Respond Well? Introduction” in Finding Our Way through the Traffick, Editors: Crawford and Miles (Regnum Books 2017)
“Why Is Addressing Access of Youth to Pornography So Important to Tackling Demand?” in Stopping the Traffick, Editors: Miles and Crawford (Regnum Books 2014)
“How Can Technology and the Internet Be Used to Enhance Collaboration?” in Stopping the Traffick, Editors: Miles and Crawford (Regnum Books 2014)
“Legal Issues and Child Protection Issues,” in Offering Healing and Hope to Children in Crisis: Training the Trainer Module, Editor: Phyllis Kilbourn (CLC Books 2013)
“Duty, Obligation and Prostitution,” in Family and Faith in Asia: The Missional Impact of Social Networks, Editor: Paul De Neui (William Carey Library 2010)
“Human Trafficking: Children and the Sex Trade,” in Toward a Biblical Framework for Understanding God’s Heart for Children, Editors: Doug McConnell, Paul Stockley, and Jennifer Orona (World Vision Resources 2007)
ARTICLES/BOOK REVIEWS
Review of Preventing Human Trafficking: Education and NGOs in Thailand, by Robert W. Spires, Journal of International and Comparative Education, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2016
“Evaluating Business Ideas for Freedom Business Startups”, The BAM Review, November 11, 2015
“Keeping the Captives Free: How Business for Transformation Can Create Sustainable Jobs for Survivors of Human Trafficking and Prostitution,” Journal of Asian Mission, Spring 2012
“Cultural, Economic and Legal Factors Underlying Trafficking in Thailand and Their Impact on Women and Girls from Burma,” Cardozo Journal of Law and Gender, Vol. 12, No. 3, Summer 2006; also published in Thailand Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 12, No. 1, Spring 2009
OTHER
“What Does the Law Say about Using Pictures of Victims?" Briefing Sheet Series
“What Does the Law Say about Child Protection?" Briefing Sheet Series (forthcoming)
“Hidden in Plain Sight: How Seeing Child Sexual Exploitation only as Trafficking into Brothels Blinds Us to the Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Street Children” (Unpublished 2008)
“Son, Daughter For Sale: Baby Selling, the Sale of Children, and Trafficking of Children for Adoption" (Unpublished 2006)