L'Hoiry, X., Moretti, A. and Antonopoulos, G.A. (2022) Policing sex trafficking in the ‘Virtual Red-Light District’ : a research note. Social Sciences, 11 (8). 319. ISSN 2076-0760
Abstract
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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Item Type: | Article |
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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 |
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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: | 10.3390/socsci11080319 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:189399 |