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Liu, Min. Migration, prostitution and human trafficking Chinese migrant women in Shenzhen, China. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3F76CPB

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TitleMigration, prostitution and human trafficking Chinese migrant women in Shenzhen, China
NameLiu, Min (author); Finckenauer, James O (chair); Chin, Kolin (internal member); Clarke, Ronald V. (internal member); Welch, Michael (outside member); Rutgers University; Graduate School - Newark
Date Created2010
Other Date2010 (degree)
SubjectCriminal Justice, Prostitution--China--Shenzhen (Guangdong Sheng : East), Human trafficking--China, Migration, Internal--China, Prostitutes--China--Shenzhen (Guangdong Sheng : East)--Interviews, Women migrant labor--China
Extentvii, 301 p. : ill.
DescriptionChina has gone through a wide-ranging transformation in the last three decades since the Chinese government initiated economic reform and an open-door policy. A series of reform strategies, while producing an economic miracle in China, has, however,
resulted in myriad social problems. The resurgence and prevalence of prostitution is one of these. Rarely have there been any attempts to explore prostitution in relation to human trafficking. This study tries to explore questions such as whether Chinese women in the
sex sector are victims of trafficking, what are the factors causing Chinese women to get involved in prostitution or become victims of trafficking, how authorities respond to these issues in terms of laws and policies, and so on. This study was conducted in Shenzhen — China’s best known boomtown since the 1980’s, where many sex establishments involving internal migrants have been set up. Guided by qualitative methodological approach, a total of sixty-four interviews were conducted: forty with women working in sex venues, nine with sex-ring operators, and fifteen with law enforcement officers. Eight field observations were also completed. Participants included women practicing prostitution in four types of sex venues: nightclubs and karaoke lounges; massage parlors; hair salons; and the street. A variety of factors relating to women’s involvement in prostitution were discovered. Different paths to prostitution were identified and described. Six out of forty women were identified as trafficking victims. The organization and operation of sex venues and the life of women on the “job” were examined. In addition, China’s responses to the expanding sex industry were analyzed in terms of law and administrative regulations, as well as policies. The ineffectiveness of campaign-style policy and reasons
for its failure to contain prostitution were also explored. While this study helps improve our knowledge and understanding of prostitution and sex trafficking in contemporary China and provides information for the Chinese authorities on the nature, magnitude, and gravity of these problems, some issues emanating from this study remain unanswered, such as the definition of terms such as exploitation, coercion, or forced work which are key elements in defining human
trafficking.
NotePh.D.
NoteIncludes abstract
NoteVita
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
Noteby Min Liu
Genretheses, ETD doctoral
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3F76CPB
LanguageEnglish
CollectionGraduate School - Newark Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
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