Multidisciplinary Journal of Educational Research
Volume 7, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 178-208

Can clients who pay for sexual services help victims of sex trafficking? [¿Pueden los clientes que pagan por servicios sexuales ayudar a las víctimas de trata?] (Article) (Open Access)

Meneses C.* , Uroz J. , Rúa A.
  • a Department of Sociology and Social Work, Universidad Comillas, Madrid, Spain
  • b Department of Sociology and Social Work, Universidad Comillas, Madrid, Spain
  • c Departament of Quantitative Methods, Universidad Comillas, Madrid, Spain

Abstract

This article explores the possibility that clients of prostitution could help victims of trafficking for sexual purposes. In Spain, prostitution is not prohibited and the men who pay for sex are the first people who make contact with victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation. Ninety-seven interviews concerning the possible detection and reporting by clients of trafficking for prostitution were analysed, (48 of them with key informants – NGO members, prosecutors and police officers – 17 interviews with clients of prostitution and 22 with women who were victims of sex trafficking). The findings presented here show two types of clients, Personalisers and Thingers, with the former being the most likely to collaborate in the detection and rescue of victims of sex trafficking. However greater awareness in clients of prostitution is needed to enable them to collaborate. © 2018, Hipatia Press. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

Prostitution sex trafficking Clients of prostitution

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85059938067&doi=10.17583%2fMCS.2018.3173&partnerID=40&md5=3b90d7de4680ab284380950f9c5d439d
DOI: 10.17583/MCS.2018.3173
ISSN: 20142862
Original Language: English