@article{ref1,
title="Figures de la victime de la traite des êtres humains: de la victime idéale à la victime coupable. (french)  features of victims of human trafficking: from the ideal victim to the guilty victim. (english)",
journal="Cahiers internationaux de sociologie",
year="2008",
author="Jaksic, Milena",
volume="",
number="124",
pages="127-146",
abstract="During the mobilization by associations and the debates in the French parliament about the status of victims of trafficking in human beings, an ideal victim was presented. As a young woman -- a naive, innocent, vulnerable foreigner -- she needs to be protected in the name of human rights. However, this victim becomes a suspect once attention shifts to her legal status (undocumented immigrant) or economic activity (prostitution), and the ideal vanishes behind national priorities for protecting the country from &quot;undesirables.&quot; The tension between these priorities and universal principles produces an &quot;impossible&quot; victim, characterized by its absence. How has this absence of the &quot;victim&quot; of human trafficking been socially produced? Besides the foregoing tension, it also results from a social relation and from restrictions on the activities of the police, judges and associations. (English)  :::<p />",
language="",
issn="0008-0276",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}