Title
Research on Human Trafficking: Victim Characteristics, Consequences, Service Needs, and Future Research Directions
Document Type
Book Section
Publication Date
11-7-2018
Publication Title
The Routledge International Handbook of Violence Studies
Publisher
Routledge
Edition
1
First page number:
362
Last page number:
374
Abstract
This chapter provides a comprehensive review of relevant research dedicated to victims of human trafficking. It addresses questions regarding the prevalence of human trafficking and examines victims’ profiles and trafficking experiences, inclusive of types of exploitation experienced, risk factors associated with trafficking, as well as consequences. In actuality, research suggests that the majority of human trafficking victims are actually forced to work within their country of citizenship/origin. There is a diminutive amount of reliable data on the actual scale of human trafficking, a handful of long-term evaluations dedicated to the effectiveness of anti-trafficking policies, and limited research devoted to identifying and serving trafficking victims. Specific to sex trafficking, research suggests that social norms condoning and encouraging gender-based violence, as well as the glamorization of pimps and prostitutes, are said to combine and contribute to demand for such services. Scholars have highlighted the unfortunate reality that research on sex trafficking includes a narrow focus on the trafficking of girls and women.
Keywords
Human trafficking victims; Risk factors; Gender violence; Trafficking of girls and women
Disciplines
Criminology and Criminal Justice | Legal Studies | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Language
English
Repository Citation
Troshynski, E. I.,
Bejinariu, A.
(2018).
Research on Human Trafficking: Victim Characteristics, Consequences, Service Needs, and Future Research Directions.
The Routledge International Handbook of Violence Studies
362-374.
Routledge.