Toward a Typology of Child Sex Traffickers: Using Crime Script Analysis to Inform Prevention

Preventing child sex trafficking remains an urgent concern for public health and criminal justice professionals. Using crime script analysis, this study identified a typology of child sex traffickers (CSTs). Data for this study were drawn from 78 child sex trafficking cases involving 54 CSTs and 48...

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Authors: Reid, Joan (Author) ; Bilali, Klejdis (Author) ; Fox, Bryanna (Author) ; Diaz, Jennifer (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Victims & offenders
Year: 2023, Volume: 18, Issue: 3, Pages: 423-446
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