Methodological and ethical challenges to conducting human trafficking studies: A case study of Korean trafficking and smuggling for sexual exploitation to the United States

Women and Criminal Justice

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 167-185

  Choo, Kyungseok ^a   Jang, Joon Oh ^b   Choi, Kyungshick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b Korean Institute of Criminology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ethical dilemma; Human smuggling; Human trafficking; Sex workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951274371     PISSN: 08974454     EISSN: 15410323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08974451003641461     Document Type: Article

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