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Application of Situational Crime Prevention to Female Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation in Turkey

Akbas, Halil
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1258724618

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2009, PhD, University of Cincinnati, Education : Criminal Justice.
Female trafficking has become a global problem affecting almost every region across the world. The crime is devastating to victims as well as communities and nations. As female trafficking increased, the United States and European countries began cooperating to reduce the crime. These efforts focus on arranging legal frameworks to punish offenders and protect victims. Despite these efforts, female trafficking is a growing problem worldwide, indicating that focusing solely on punishing traffickers and helping victims is not sufficient. The main purpose of this study is to explore how situational crime prevention can be used to prevent human trafficking. The underlying theme of situational crime prevention is that immediate features of physical and social environments create opportunities for offenders to commit crimes. Crime prevention by opportunity reduction reduces crimes by manipulating offenders’ perceived risks, efforts, and excuses. The study is designed to explore situational characteristics of female trafficking in Turkey that facilitate this crime. The study also investigates possible measures to eliminate female trafficking by altering these characteristics. The study is based on the analysis of two types of data: (a) personal interviews with representatives of nongovernmental organizations and police officials from various city police departments in Turkey and (b) a secondary data analysis of victim interviews.
John Eck, PhD (Committee Chair)
Deborah (Wilson) Keeling, PhD (Committee Member)
Pamela Wilcox, PhD (Committee Member)
James Frank, PhD (Committee Member)
194 p.
Criminology
Female trafficking; Human trafficking; Women trafficking; situational crime prevention

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  • Akbas, H. (2009). Application of Situational Crime Prevention to Female Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation in Turkey [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1258724618

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Akbas, Halil. Application of Situational Crime Prevention to Female Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation in Turkey. 2009. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1258724618.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Akbas, Halil. "Application of Situational Crime Prevention to Female Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation in Turkey." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1258724618

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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