Police Practice and Research
Volume 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 197-210

Adolescent girls exploited in the sex trade: informativeness and evasiveness in investigative interviews (Article)

Lindholm J.* , Cederborg A.-C. , Alm C.
  • a Department of Child and Youth Studies, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
  • b Department of Child and Youth Studies, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
  • c Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

Abstract

This study explores the informativeness of 24 adolescents exploited in sex trade in Sweden when they were interviewed by police officers about their experiences. The questions and responses were analysed using coding types developed for research on forensic interviews. Qualitative analyses of the questions resulting in evasive responses and the court files were also done. The findings show that the adolescents were informative yet evasive, specifically when asked open questions. Experiences of violence and interviews conducted soon after the police intervention may result in higher levels of evasiveness. Concurrently, evasiveness seems to be intimately connected to unique circumstances in each case. © 2014, © 2014 Taylor & Francis.

Author Keywords

Human trafficking Children procurement investigative interviews

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84925135078&doi=10.1080%2f15614263.2014.880839&partnerID=40&md5=60bb97c1dae0af89031215829c441a55
DOI: 10.1080/15614263.2014.880839
ISSN: 15614263
Cited by: 6
Original Language: English