@article{ref1,
title="Who's to blame in the sex trafficking of women: situational and individual factors that define a "deserving victim"",
journal="Journal of human trafficking",
year="2022",
author="Digidiki, Vasileia and Baka, Aphrodite",
volume="8",
number="4",
pages="353-366",
abstract="Public opinion frequently assigns some degree of responsibility to victims of human trafficking for their &quot;voluntary&quot; engagement in the phenomenon, thus denying the existence of &quot;innocent victims&quot; and attributing blame to them for not preventing their victimization. Through the use of distinct, predefined &quot;victimization scenarios&quot;, this research explores attributions of blame toward female victims and male clients of sex trafficking and the situational and demographic factors that influence perceptions of an &quot;ideal&quot; or &quot;deserving&quot; victim in a sample of 624 participants. <br><br>RESULTS show that the manner in which a victim is victimized tends to impact opinions of a &quot;deserving&quot; victim, with blame increasing when victims are perceived to have been involved in their victimization. Male participants with experience as clients of the sex industry are less likely to blame a client for his involvement in the sex trafficking chain, while female participants are more likely to blame a client than male participants. These results are further analyzed and discussed in light of the current context of prolonged and exacerbated forced migration that creates a vast pool of potential victims for traffickers around the world.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2332-2705",
doi="10.1080/23322705.2020.1827861",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23322705.2020.1827861"
}