Trends in Organized Crime
Volume 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-46

Human trafficking revisited: Legal, enforcement and ethnographic narratives on sex trafficking to Western Europe (Article) (Open Access)

Breuil B.C.O. , Siegel D.* , van Reenen P. , Beijer A. , Roos L.
  • a Willem Pompe Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
  • b Willem Pompe Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
  • c Willem Pompe Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
  • d Willem Pompe Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
  • e Willem Pompe Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands

Abstract

In this paper we focus on the ways 'victims' and 'perpetrators' are imagined in the narratives on women who have been trafficked to West Europe for sexual exploitation. Three specific domains: international/national law, local law enforcement and ethnographic academic perspective are particularly important as they strongly influence political reaction to trafficking and describe the phenomenon from the perspective of the individuals concerned. In our analysis, an explanation of the diversity of the perceptions in these three domains is provided. © 2011 The Author(s).

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'Narratives' and 'imageries' Legal definitions Human trafficking for sexual exlpoitation Victims and perpetrator Ethnography

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-81455150795&doi=10.1007%2fs12117-011-9118-0&partnerID=40&md5=df387fb417c45c8a3850a6037ebbf9e6
DOI: 10.1007/s12117-011-9118-0
ISSN: 10844791
Cited by: 35
Original Language: English