Sex Trafficking: Exploring Agency

Research: Forced Entry

U.S. women and girls who are controlled by pimps are victims of trafficking because of the force and coercion they experience, force that increases over time. In addition, the median age of entry into prostitution classifies many girls as victims without need to show fraud, force, or coercion.

http://www.today.com/id/27098993/ns/today-today_news/t/teen-recounts-horror-abduction-sex-slavery/#.VxZqwHpwsq8

Works Cited

Raphael, J., Reichert, J. A., & Powers, M. (2010). Pimp control and violence: Domestic sex trafficking of Chicago women and girls. Women & Criminal Justice, 20(1-2), 89-104.

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