CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2015
| Author | Hesterberg, Camille Anne |
|---|---|
| Title | Looking Through the Window: The Street Level Bureaucrat Response to Victims of Trafficking from New Member States |
| Summary | Trafficking in human beings for the purpose of sexual exploitation is a global issue. The case of female trafficking victims from Central-East Europe reflects the changing form of this issue alongside an increasingly integrated Europe. This paper focuses on the role of the street level bureaucrat in the fight to combat sex trafficking, with an emphasis on police officers. In order to show this response, I have framed my paper by looking at the puzzle of Hungarian victims who have been trafficked to the Netherlands and found among window prostitutes within the legal sex industry. The purpose is to show why it is necessary to re-evaluate the way in which these actors are assessing the situation of victims, as this impacts the system’s ability to reach new types of victims that are appearing. To do so, I look at secondary sources that analyze major theories around this issue, and I evaluate qualitative data collected from semi-structured interviews with those working in the field. I believe that only by adapting our outlook on the issue of sex trafficking can we truly reach its victims, especially as the faces in the window change to ones our traditional practices would not flag as a victim of human trafficking. |
| Supervisor | Zentai, Violetta |
| Department | Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2015/hesterberg_camille.pdf |
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