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This study on trafficking in women from Central and Eastern Europe explores the contextual factors, the characteristics, and the motivation of victims as well as the methods of traffickers. A combination of rational choice theory, strain theory and social control theory forms the theoretical framework of our research. Based on information from experts in the field, interviews with victims, questionnaires, a study of dossiers and a search of the literature, we developed a typology of victims, which may be helpful for prevention and law enforcement.
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Vocks, J., Nijboer, J. The Promised Land: A Study of Trafficking in Women from Central and Eastern Europe to the Netherlands. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research 8, 379–388 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008785214932
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