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more often leads to victims being detained in jail, subjected to interrogation, deported
without any assistance services, or even returned to their traffickers for a fee. Moreover,
the danger to recovered victims‘ families is also significant and real. Vandenberg argues
for greater accountability and transparency in government and law enforcement,
especially in the most corrupt nations.
Sex Trafficking, Internet Crimes
Dalla, Rochelle D., Lynda M. Baker, John DeFrain, and Celia Williamson, ed. Global
Perspectives on Prostitution and Sex Trafficking: Europe, Latin America, North America, and
Global (Lanham, MD: Lexington, 2011).
This sweeping overview of the sex industry and sex trafficking examines worldwide
trends and reports, offering a broad perspective on commercial sex as a global
phenomenon with frequent criminal underpinnings. Several significant chapters include
an analysis of the prevalence of commercial child sexual exploitation in New York,
myths that perpetuate the ideal of childhood innocence when in fact many children are in
danger and at risk at home, and potential collaborative ventures to eradicate exploitation.
Ekberg, Gunilla, ―The Swedish Law that Prohibits the Purchase of a Sexual Service: Best
Practices for Prevention of Prostitution and Trafficking in Human Beings‖ in Violence Against
Women 2004, 10:1187-1218.
Gunilla Ekberg, special advisor on trafficking and prostitution in the Swedish
Government‘s Division for Gender Equality and organizer of the National Action Plan
Against Prostitution and Trafficking in Human Beings for Sexual Purposes, Especially
Women and Children, brings her extensive experience to the analysis of Sweden‘s
landmark law. She explains the logistics behind the legislation, framing the Swedish
understanding of prostitution as a particular form of male violence. In order to combat the
incidence of human trafficking into and out of Sweden, the government adopted a radical
approach: to criminalize the purchase of sexual services and to increase concomitant
penalties. The government also provided funds for police training and task force
development related to identifying prostitution and trafficking cases.
Jeffreys, Sheila. The Industrial Vagina: The Political Economy of the Global Sex Trade (New
York: Routledge, 2009).
In this book, part of the RIPE series by Routledge subdivision of the Taylor & Francis
Group, noted feminist scholar Sheila Jeffreys examines the transformation of commercial
sex from a shunned, stigmatized practice to an increasingly socially accepted one. Fueled
by globalization, commercial sex in a variety of forms has become industrialized, and
female bodies have become commodities on the global market. Jeffreys argues that the
role of the state, in allowing activities like prostitution to flourish (legally in some
nations), is akin to that of a pimp. States are therefore implicated in the commodification
of bodies and the subordination of women, a form of gender inequality.
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