Cross border North Korean women trafficking and victimization between North Korea and China: An ethnographic case study |
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| Authors: | Eunyoung Kim Minwoo Yun Mirang Park Hue Williams |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Criminology, Law, & Society, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-5950, United States;2. Department of Social Science, Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, WV 26003, United States;1. University of Bristol, School for Policy Studies, UK;2. School of Social Policy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham UK;1. Leiden Law School, Criminology, Steenschuur 25, 2311 ES Leiden, The Netherlands;2. The Netherlands Court of Audit, Lange Voorhout 8, 2514 ED Den Haag, The Netherlands;1. Department of Counseling Psychology, Chosun University, 309 Pilmun-daero Dong-gu, Gwangju 501-759, South Korea;2. Department of Police Administration, Chosun University, 309 Pilmun-daero Dong-gu, Gwangju 501-759, South Korea;3. Department of Preventive Medicine, Chosun University, 309 Pilmun-daero Dong-gu, Gwangju 501-759, South Korea;4. Department of Psychiatry, Chosun University, 309 Pilmun-daero Dong-gu, Gwangju 501-759, South Korea |
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| Abstract: | This is a case study on the trafficking of North Korean women via the interviewing of women trafficking victims. The study has an explorative nature. Its primary goal is to address the issues of the cross-border trafficking of North Korean women. In doing so, this research will describe the current picture of cross-border North Korean women trafficking operation between North Korea and China. It will uncover the identity and characteristics of traffickers, the identity and characteristics of victims and contributing factors of their victimization, and the cross-border trafficking routes and procedural networks of trafficking operation. The findings of the current study shows that the problem of North Korean women trafficking is worth being paid attention by the international community and that appropriate counter-measures need to be implemented. Also, this study hopes to facilitate more empirical research on this topic. |
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