Lauren Copley Sabon
Biographic Data
| ID | 123429 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lauren Copley Sabon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lauren Copley |
| FAMILY NAME | Sabon |
| SIGNATURE | SABON L C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Arkansas at Fayetteville |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Social Network Analysis of a Latino Sex Trafficking Enterprise
Despite the literature on the existence of networks in sex trafficking operations, few studies exist using social network analysis to analyze the crime. To help fill this gap, this study focuses on a criminal case of Latino immigrant sex trafficking. Highlights of our study include, first, sex trafficking networks tend to operate within cliques (and have dense connections within each clique but limited interactions between the cliques). Second, s…
Immigration, Collective Efficacy, Social Ties, and Violence
An extensive body of research indicates that community levels of crime are either unaffected by levels of immigration or that immigration is associated with lower, not higher, rates of crime. According to the "immigrant revitalization" perspective, the protective effects of immigration are largely indirect, working through neighborhood-level processes, such as social networks, social capital, and collective efficacy. However, these mediating effe…
Force, Fraud, and Coercion—What Do They Mean? A Study of Victimization Experiences in a New Destination Latino Sex Trafficking Network
In response to increasing Latino new destination migration in the United States, Latino sex trafficking networks have emerged in many of these areas. This article examines victimization experiences of Latina immigrants trafficked by a regional network operating in the Eastern United States drawn from law enforcement records and interviews with legal actors involved in the criminal case. The stories shared with law enforcement by the Latina victim…
Immigration, Collective Efficacy, Social Ties, and Violence
An extensive body of research indicates that community levels of crime are either unaffected by levels of immigration or that immigration is associated with lower, not higher, rates of crime. According to the "immigrant revitalization" perspective, the protective effects of immigration are largely indirect, working through neighborhood-level processes, such as social networks, social capital, and collective efficacy. However, these mediating effe…
Force, Fraud, and Coercion—What Do They Mean? A Study of Victimization Experiences in a New Destination Latino Sex Trafficking Network
In response to increasing Latino new destination migration in the United States, Latino sex trafficking networks have emerged in many of these areas. This article examines victimization experiences of Latina immigrants trafficked by a regional network operating in the Eastern United States drawn from law enforcement records and interviews with legal actors involved in the criminal case. The stories shared with law enforcement by the Latina victim…
Force, Fraud, and Coercion—What Do They Mean? A Study of Victimization Experiences in a New Destination Latino Sex Trafficking Network
In response to increasing Latino new destination migration in the United States, Latino sex trafficking networks have emerged in many of these areas. This article examines victimization experiences of Latina immigrants trafficked by a regional network operating in the Eastern United States drawn from law enforcement records and interviews with legal actors involved in the criminal case. The stories shared with law enforcement by the Latina victim…
Immigration, Collective Efficacy, Social Ties, and Violence
An extensive body of research indicates that community levels of crime are either unaffected by levels of immigration or that immigration is associated with lower, not higher, rates of crime. According to the "immigrant revitalization" perspective, the protective effects of immigration are largely indirect, working through neighborhood-level processes, such as social networks, social capital, and collective efficacy. However, these mediating effe…
Social Network Analysis of a Latino Sex Trafficking Enterprise
Despite the literature on the existence of networks in sex trafficking operations, few studies exist using social network analysis to analyze the crime. To help fill this gap, this study focuses on a criminal case of Latino immigrant sex trafficking. Highlights of our study include, first, sex trafficking networks tend to operate within cliques (and have dense connections within each clique but limited interactions between the cliques). Second, s…
Criminology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (2 works) · Human trafficking (2 works) · Immigration (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sex trafficking (2 works)