Risky Business: Deadliest Predictors of Sex-Trade Worker Sexual Victimization

Although relatively rare, sexual homicide has stimulated research efforts to better understand and intervene in the prevention of such crime. However, specific high-risk victims such as sex-trade workers have been understudied. To contribute to the limited scientific literature on this topic, the cu...

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Published inVictims & offenders Vol. 19; no. 8; pp. 1586 - 1609
Main Authors Paquette, Sarah, Chopin, Julien, Beauregard, Eric, Fortin, Francis
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Philadelphia Routledge 16.11.2024
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
conjunctive analysis
Crime
crime escalation
High risk
Homicide
Intoxication
Lethal outcome
Murders & murder attempts
Prevention
Prevention programs
Prostitution
Sadism
Sex crimes
Sex industry
sex-trade workers
sexual victimization
Sexual violence
Situation
Situational factors
Trade
Victimization
Victims
Victims of crime
Violent crime
Workers
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Summary:Although relatively rare, sexual homicide has stimulated research efforts to better understand and intervene in the prevention of such crime. However, specific high-risk victims such as sex-trade workers have been understudied. To contribute to the limited scientific literature on this topic, the current study examines the characteristics of the sexual victimization of sex-trade workers using a sample of 402 lethal and non-lethal cases. Bivariate and multivariate analyses indicated that the lethal outcome associated with the sexual victimization of sex-trade workers may not be associated with sadism and paraphilic behaviors, but rather by excessive violence and victim's vulnerabilities. Conjunctive analysis further indicated that the combination of excessive violence, victim's intoxication, situational factors, and crime characteristics was associated with lethal sexual victimization of sex-trade workers. Findings suggest strategies in the development of situational prevention and intervention strategies.
ISSN:1556-4886
1556-4991
DOI:10.1080/15564886.2022.2103225