Use and Misuse of Research in Books on Sex Trafficking
Use and Misuse of Research in Books on Sex Trafficking
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对性贩运书籍研究的使用和误用
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2015
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L. Fedina
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L. Fedina
最近的文章对人口贩运流行率数据的有效性提出了重要问题，暴露了经常引用的统计数据背后的方法缺陷。虽然大量证据表明，美国和国外确实存在人口贩运，但许多文献来源继续引用有缺陷的数据和一些滥用研究，似乎夸大了问题，这可能对打击贩运工作产生严重影响，包括受害者服务和打击贩运的立法和政策。这一系统性审查报告了最近出版的42本关于性贩运的书籍中使用的流行率数据，以确定出版的书籍在多大程度上依赖于数据估计，以及它们如何使用或滥用现有数据。这项审查的结果表明，绝大多数出版的书籍确实依赖于现有的数据，这些数据没有严格制作，因此可能具有误导性，或者至少是不准确的。对实践、研究和政策的影响进行了讨论，并对今后人口贩运的流行率研究提出了建议。
Recent articles have raised important questions about the validity of prevalence data on human trafficking, exposing flawed methodologies behind frequently cited statistics. While considerable evidence points to the fact that human trafficking does exist in the United States and abroad, many sources of literature continue to cite flawed data and some misuse research in ways that seemingly inflate the problem, which can have serious implications for anti-trafficking efforts, including victim services and anti-trafficking legislation and policy. This systematic review reports on the prevalence data used in 42 recently published books on sex trafficking to determine the extent to which published books rely on data estimates and just how they use or misuse existing data. The findings from this review reveal that the vast majority of published books do rely on existing data that were not rigorously produced and therefore may be misleading or at minimum, inaccurate. Implications for practice, research, and policy are discussed, as well as recommendations for future prevalence studies on human trafficking.