@article{ref1,
title="Sex traffickers' views: a qualitative study into their perceptions of the victim-offender relationship",
journal="Journal of human trafficking",
year="2018",
author="Serie, Colinda M. B. and Krumeich, Anja and Dijke, Anke van and Ruiter, Ellen de and Terpstra, Linda and De Ruiter, Corine",
volume="4",
number="2",
pages="169-184",
abstract="Until now, most of our knowledge regarding sex trafficking comes from studies of victims. Only a limited number of empirical studies have focused on those who conduct the business of sex trafficking. This article examined sex traffickers' perceptions of the victim-offender relationship. Using a grounded theory approach, verbatim interviews with sex traffickers were analyzed. Four major themes emerged: perceptions of the initiative, the (victim-offender) relationship, their own role and work methods, and on the victims who reported to the police. The results provide a complex picture that shows variations in relationships, roles, and work (control) methods over time within the same victim-trafficker dyad as well as between individual sex traffickers.   Keywords: Human trafficking<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2332-2705",
doi="10.1080/23322705.2017.1337439",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23322705.2017.1337439"
}