Supply and Demand

Prostitution and Sexual Trafficking in Northern Thailand

Dados Bibliográficos

ID5877702
AutoresJini L Roby (0000-0001-5752-0961, Brigham Young University), Jacob Tanner (Brigham Young University)
Ano2009
Volume3
Fascículo1
Páginas89-107
Data de publicação2009-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoGeography Compass (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1749-8198 • E-ISSN: 1749-8198
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1749-8198.2008.00181.x
OpenAlexW2045619691
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas26

In northern Thailand poverty, political turmoil, sex tourism and cultural dynamics converge to create a booming sex industry. The purpose of this article is to examine how the dynamics of supply and demand feed into prostitution in that region, with attention to available information on human trafficking. While the line separating prostitution and sex trafficking is difficult to establish, there is ample evidence that both co-exist in the region. Understanding this phenomenon requires an exploration of both the demand and supply sides as well as their interaction. Such an exploration, it is hoped, will contribute to the positive development of policy and practice

Criminology · Development economics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Human trafficking · Phenomenon · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Poverty · Sex trafficking · Sociology · Supply and demand · Tourism · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Law · Sex work and related issues · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies