Relationships Between Suspects and Victims of Sex Trafficking. Exploitation of Prostitutes and Domestic Violence Parallels in Dutch Trafficking Cases

European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-64

  Verhoeven, Maite ^a   van Gestel, Barbra ^a   de Jong, Deborah ^b   Kleemans, Edward ^c  

^a Research and Documentation Centre   (Netherlands)

^b Ministry of Security and Justice   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Human trafficking; Organised crime; Prostitution; Sex trafficking; Violent relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889237685     PISSN: 09281371     EISSN: 15729869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10610-013-9226-2     Document Type: Article

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