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Policing Sex Trafficking in the ‘Virtual Red-Light District’: A Research Note

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  • Xavier L’Hoiry

    (Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TU, UK)

  • Alessandro Moretti

    (Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen, 13153 Copenhagen, Denmark)

  • Georgios A. Antonopoulos

    (Department of Social Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle NE1 8ST, UK)

Abstract

Working alongside a police force in the United Kingdom, the study briefly presented in this note, sought to create an analytical tool (the Sexual Trafficking Identification Matrix—STIM) with which policing actors could distinguish between Adult Services Website (ASW) profiles posted by independent sex workers and profiles created by traffickers. Distinguishing between these will potentially allow law enforcement agencies to prioritise their investigatory efforts more efficiently.

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  • Xavier L’Hoiry & Alessandro Moretti & Georgios A. Antonopoulos, 2022. "Policing Sex Trafficking in the ‘Virtual Red-Light District’: A Research Note," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 11(8), pages 1-3, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jscscx:v:11:y:2022:i:8:p:319-:d:868802
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