Estimating the Extent of Sex Trafficking Problems in Definition and Methodology

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dc.contributor.authorNawyn, Stephanie J.
dc.contributor.authorBirdal, Nur Banu Kavakli
dc.contributor.authorGlogower, Naomi
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-06T17:58:20Z
dc.date.available2025-02-06T17:58:20Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.departmentAltınbaş Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractThere is a growing scholarly interest in human trafficking, particularly the trafficking of women and girls for the purposes of coerced sex work. However, the field is hindered by both inconsistent definitions of sex trafficking (some of which categorizes all sex work as trafficking) and unreliable methods for estimating the numbers of people who are trafficked. Further, there is a dearth of empirical data on the different types of exploitation involved in trafficking that would allow for an understanding of how trafficking may be part of a larger system of global labor exploitation. In this article we review the different ways that trafficking has been defined, how researchers have estimated the number of people who are trafficked, and the different underlying dynamics of trafficking identified in both scholarly and policy literatures. Using an epistemological framework from forced migration studies, we then suggest improved methods for defining and estimating sex trafficking.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipCenter for Gender in Global Context at Michigan State University; Center for Advanced Studies in Development at Michigan State University; Department of Sociology at Michigan State Universityen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipStephanie J. Nawyn is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at Michigan State University. Nur Banu Kavakli Birdal is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at Istanbul Kemerburgaz University, Turkey. Naomi Glogower is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology at Michigan State University. The authors wish to acknowledge the Center for Gender in Global Context, the Center for Advanced Studies in Development, and the Department of Sociology at Michigan State University for their financial support of this project. The authors thank April Zeoli and the anonymous reviewers for their comments on earlier drafts.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.2753/IJS0020-7659430303
dc.identifier.endpage71en_US
dc.identifier.issn0020-7659
dc.identifier.issn1557-9336
dc.identifier.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage55en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.2753/IJS0020-7659430303
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12939/5178
dc.identifier.volume43en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000217694300004
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherRoutledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Sociologyen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20250206
dc.subjectWorkersen_US
dc.subjectExperienceen_US
dc.subjectViolenceen_US
dc.subjectWomenen_US
dc.titleEstimating the Extent of Sex Trafficking Problems in Definition and Methodologyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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