TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Sex traffickers' views: a qualitative study into their perceptions of the victim-offender relationship
JO  - Journal of human trafficking
A1  - Serie, Colinda M. B.
A1  - Krumeich, Anja
A1  - Dijke, Anke van
A1  - Ruiter, Ellen de
A1  - Terpstra, Linda
A1  - De Ruiter, Corine
SP  - 169
EP  - 184
VL  - 4
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 2332-2705
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23322705.2017.1337439
ID  - ref1
ER  -