Policing sex trafficking in the ‘Virtual Red-Light District’ : a research note

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Working alongside a police force in the United Kingdom, the study briefly presented in this note, sought to create an analytical tool (the Sexual Trafficking Identification Matrix—STIM) with which policing actors could distinguish between Adult Services Website (ASW) profiles posted by independent sex workers and profiles created by traffickers. Distinguishing between these will potentially allow law enforcement agencies to prioritise their investigatory efforts more efficiently.

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Authors/Creators:	L'Hoiry, X. Moretti, A. Antonopoulos, G.A.
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:	© 2022 The Authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Keywords:	human trafficking; organised crime; sex work; policing
Dates:	Accepted: 19 July 2022 Published (online): 22 July 2022 Published: 22 July 2022
Institution:	The University of Sheffield
Academic Units:	The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Sociological Studies (Sheffield)
Depositing User:	Symplectic Sheffield
Date Deposited:	27 Jul 2022 10:19
Last Modified:	27 Jul 2022 10:19
Status:	Published
Publisher:	MDPI AG
Refereed:	Yes
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11080319

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