International human trafficking: measuring clandestinity by the structural equation approach

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

Worldwide human trafficking is the third most often registered international criminal activity, ranked only after drug and weapon trafficking. This article focusses on three questions: 1) How can human trafficking be measured? 2) What are the causes and indicators of this criminal activity which exploits individuals? 3) Which countries observe a high (or low) level of human trafficking inflow? We apply the Multiple Indicators Multiple Causes structural equation model to measure human trafficking inflows in a way which includes all potential causes and indicators in one estimation model. The human trafficking measurement focusses on international human trafficking. We use freely available existing data and thus generate an objective measure of the extent of trafficking. Countries are ranked according to their potential to be a destination country based on various characteristics of the trafficking process.

Object Details

• ISSN: 2183-2803
• Extent: Seite(n): 39-58
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Social Inclusion, 5(2)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Soziologie, Anthropologie ; Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie ; Kriminalsoziologie, Rechtssoziologie, Kriminologie ; Erhebungstechniken und Analysetechniken der Sozialwissenschaften ; Menschenhandel ; Messung ; Modell ; Indikator ; Ursachenforschung ; Straftat

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Rudolph, Alexandra ; Schneider, Friedrich
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (when): 2017

Further information

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v5i2.909
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST