Untold stories: biases and selection effects in research with victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation.
Untold stories: biases and selection effects in research with victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation.
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不为人知的故事：针对性剥削贩运受害者的研究中的偏见和选择效应。
DOI：
10.1111/j.1468-2435.2010.00628.x
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2010
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通讯作者：
Surtees,Rebecca
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作者：
Brunovskis,Anette;Surtees,Rebecca
最近关于贩运问题研究的讨论包括呼吁开展更多创新性研究和采用新方法，以便超越目前的贩运叙述，这种叙述往往基于不具代表性的样本和过于简化的图像。虽然新方法可能在扩大贩运知识基础方面发挥作用，但本文认为，解决方案并不完全是应用新方法，而是尽可能多地使用现有方法以取得更大效果，并仔细注意其局限性和道德约束。根据作者在过去十年中在一些项目中研究贩运问题的经验，本文概述并说明了在对被贩运者进行研究时需要考虑和适应的一些方法和道德问题-包括无代表性的样本;访问受访者;“看门人”的选择偏见和潜在受访者的自我选择。这些考虑不仅应告知如何开展研究，而且还应告知如何阅读和理解这些信息。此外，当考虑在该领域应用新方法时，其中许多考虑因素同样适用。文章认为，更好地了解这些问题如何发挥作用，并为贩运研究提供信息，将转化为在这一领域开展更好研究的工具，并暗示着对人口贩运的新观点。
Recent discussions of trafficking research have included calls for more innovative studies and new methodologies in order to move beyond the current trafficking narrative, which is often based on unrepresentative samples and overly simplified images. While new methods can potentially play a role in expanding the knowledge base on trafficking, this article argues that the solution is not entirely about applying new methods, but as much about using current methods to greater effect and with careful attention to their limitations and ethical constraints. Drawing on the authors’ experience in researching trafficking issues in a number of projects over the past decade, the article outlines and exemplifies some of the methodological and ethical issues to be considered and accommodated when conducting research with trafficked persons ‐‐ including unrepresentative samples; access to respondents; selection biases by “gatekeepers” and self selection by potential respondents. Such considerations should inform not only how research is undertaken but also how this information is read and understood. Moreover, many of these considerations equally apply when considering the application of new methods within this field. The article maintains that a better understanding of how these issues come into play and inform trafficking research will translate into tools for conducting improved research in this field and, by implication, new perspectives on human trafficking.