On Exiting from Commercial Sexual Exploitation: Insights from Sex Trade Experienced Persons

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dc.contributor.authorHeinz, A.
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-18T18:04:55Z
dc.date.available2020-08-18T18:04:55Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractAs a woman who exited after seven years in licensed commercial sexual exploitation in Canada, I share my reflections on my experience, which led to the development of the Insights from Sex Trade Experienced Persons (InSTEP) Model. The model was constructed based on interviews with “service providers” in the sex trade. Twelve exited women share their experiences inclusively. InSTEP is geared toward a population of quasi-autonomous providers who have alternate economic options. Three levels are introduced in the InSTEP model to describe the continuum of agency among service providers; Level 1: trafficked/controlled; Level 2: quasi-autonomous; Level 3: autonomous. The InSTEP Model focuses on Level 2 providers and identifies optimal times when helping professionals or agencies could be most effective in offering exit support. Opportunities for change are contextualized within Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs (1943) and the Prochaska and DiClemente’s (1983) Stages of Change.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHeinz, A. (2020). On Exiting from Commercial Sexual Exploitation: Insights from Sex Trade Experienced Persons. Dignity: A Journal on Sexual Exploitation and Violence, 5(1), 8.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://digitalcommons.uri.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1177&context=dignity
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/4836
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherDignity: A Journal on Sexual Exploitation and Violenceen_US
dc.subjectInternational Resourcesen_US
dc.subjectCanadaen_US
dc.subjectexploitationen_US
dc.subjectsurvivorsen_US
dc.subjecttrafficked victimsen_US
dc.titleOn Exiting from Commercial Sexual Exploitation: Insights from Sex Trade Experienced Personsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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