Understanding Victim Resistance: An Exploratory Study of the Experiences of Service Providers Working with Victims of Child Trafficking

dc.contributor.authorWest, A., & Loeffler, D. N.
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-15T18:49:31Z
dc.date.available2015-05-15T18:49:31Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThe objective of this study was to explore the experiences of service providers working with victims of child trafficking. Methods: A grounded theory, qualitative methodology was employed for the study in which fifteen providers working with the child trafficking population were interviewed at length. Interviews were then transcribed, coded for themes using Atlas, t.i. data management software, and interpreted. Results: As a result of the interviews conducted with providers, a specific theme related the resistance of victims to participate in services was consistently observed throughout the data. Five specific areas of victim resistance were discussed including; “good” and “bad” victims, identification with the trafficker, victim self-identification, building trust with providers, and lack of empowerment. Social judgments of victim behaviors, inability to identify as a victim of abuse due to normalization of family of origin abuse and violence, the presence of complex trauma and lack of opportunity for self-determination in current services add to this overall resistance. (Author Abstracten_US
dc.identifier.citationWest, A., & Loeffler, D. N. (2015). Understanding Victim Resistance: An Exploratory Study of the Experiences of Service Providers Working with Victims of Child Trafficking. Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk, 6(1), 5.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1231&context=childrenatrisk
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/2244
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risken_US
dc.subjectchild abuseen_US
dc.subjecttraffickingen_US
dc.subjectchild sexual abuseen_US
dc.subjectprostitutionen_US
dc.subjectCSECen_US
dc.subjectresearchen_US
dc.titleUnderstanding Victim Resistance: An Exploratory Study of the Experiences of Service Providers Working with Victims of Child Traffickingen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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