Service providers and their perceptions of the service needs of sex trafficking victims in the United States

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Abstract

Before turning to the data, though, let me further make clear what this chapter will and will not cover. As noted, I will not delve into the debate about the relationship of sex trafficking to sex work. In my research with service providers, I adopted the U.S. federal government’s definition of sex traffi cking as specified in the 2008 reauthorization of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA, also known as the William Wilberforce Reauthorization Act), largely because this is the defi nition used by most service providers. The TVPA defines sex traffi cking as enticing, harboring, transporting, providing, or obtaining either an adult for commercial sex by force, fraud, or coercion, or a juvenile for the same purpose regardless of the means (U.S. Department of State, 2013).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationGlobal Human Trafficking
Subtitle of host publicationCritical Issues and Contexts
Pages138-152
Number of pages15
ISBN (Electronic)9781134710317
StatePublished - Dec 5 2014

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 selection and editorial material, Molly Dragiewicz; individual chapters, the contributors.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Social Sciences (all)

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