Quantifying the Relationship between Large Public Events and Escort Advertising Behavior

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ID2186259
AuthorsBenedikt Boecking (0000-0003-4822-0531, Carnegie Mellon University, corresponding author), Kyle Miller (0000-0002-3193-7926, Carnegie Mellon University), Emily Kennedy (0000-0002-0963-9041, Marinus Analytics, Pittsburgh, PA, USA), Emily B Kennedy (Marinus Pharmaceuticals (United States)), Artur Dubrawski (0000-0002-2372-0831, Carnegie Mellon University)
Year2019
Volume5
Issue3
Pages220-237
Publication date2019-07-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Human Trafficking (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2332-2705 • E-ISSN: 2332-2713
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/23322705.2018.1458488
OpenAlexW2800410267
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited7

We study online escort advertisement responses to large scale public events using a time series anomaly detection framework. We analyze advertisement volume, approximations of advertiser volumes, and further devise a measure for movement derived from the spatio-temporal behavior amongst related advertisements. Our results imply that a variety of events correlate with unusual increases in sex worker activity, including an influx of providers that are new to the respective event location. The findings indicate that there are strong market responses to some public events and that Super Bowl events which received heightened attention by authorities and news media due to a perceived link to human trafficking for sexual exploitation do not stand out amongst these events in the effect on the market that we measured

Advertising · Business · Cartography · Geography · Computer Science · Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing · Sex work and related issues · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology

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