Human trafficking is a serious crime and violation of human rights that results in numerous
harms. Although the phenomenon is not new, scholarship on the issue has grown …

The geography of sex work has received attention from scholars exploring its ebb and flow
based on how police, neighbors, and gentrification influence sex work zones; however …

Based on fieldwork among pimps and sex workers in Eastern Romania, this article explores
the personal skills that pimps deem necessary in order to be successful in the transnational …

Pimps quit their illicit work in sex markets for many reasons, such as job dissatisfaction,
having a child, going to prison, and feeling guilty. In this study, we used a mixed methods …

Victims of sex trafficking are often forced to participate in a variety of legal and illegal
activities, including selling commercial sex, drug trafficking, committing theft, and committing …

The Spanish pay for sex scene has varied significantly in the last decades and most of the
European literature has focused on the active role of women in human trafficking networks …

Communications in virtual space (CVS) on social media, websites, advertisements, and
apps facilitate illicit sex markets and sex trafficking (ST) across the globe. Complex and …

This study analyzes semi-structured interviews with 85 pimps in New York City to explore
how pimps discuss their economic pathways–ie, how their pim** leads to distinct types of …

In this exploratory study, we conducted in-depth interviews with three females who were
employed in the sex industry which ultimately led to their arrest, conviction, and registration …

Recently, the public heard intimate details of powerful men in the US buying sex, eg, the
case of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft charged with soliciting prostitution …