Child Trafficking
Young People’s Experiences of Front-Line Services in England
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8401660 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alinka Gearon (0000-0001-8727-5389, Centre For Development Studies, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 481-500 |
| Publication date | 2019-02-15 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0955 • E-ISSN: 1464-3529 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjc/azy042 |
| OpenAlex | W2896447385 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 16 |
This article reports findings from an innovative qualitative study with 20 young people who were trafficked into and within England and their experiences of front-line services. In practice, concepts of consent and coercion are problematized as inadequate determinants of child trafficking. Young people reported experiencing front-line practice as victim-blaming and punitive. The findings demonstrate that young people require a more welfare-orientated response, based upon being listened to, believed and with greater action taken to protect them from further harm. They extend policy debates by providing fresh insights into children’s experiences of trafficking and services, hitherto omitted. The findings support the depoliticizing of child trafficking policy, away from a criminal justice approach, and abandoning labelling children as ‘smuggled’ and ‘trafficked’.
Action (physics) · Child protection · Coercion (linguistics) · Criminal justice · Criminology · Front (military) · Front line · Harm · Political science · Punitive damages · Qualitative research · Sociology · Welfare · Child Abuse and Trauma · Engineering · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Law · Sex work and related issues
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| Citations per year | 2.83 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |