Migration, Prostitution, and Human Trafficking examines the nature, magnitude, and gravity of prostitution and sex trafficking--and the relationship between them--in contemporary China. By researching the backgrounds, circumstances, and other factors that drive Chinese women to migrate to Shenzhen, China, Liu hopes to shed light on the underlying reasons for their entry into the sex industry.
Min Liu earned her doctorate degree in the criminal justice program at Rutgers University-Newark. Currently, she is assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Delaware State University. Her research interests include migration and crime, human trafficking and smuggling, opportunity theories, and crime analysis and crime prevention.
List of Tables and Figures, Preface, Acknowledgments, 1 Economic Reform, Migration, and Prostitution, 2 Human Trafficking and Feminist Debates, 3 Explanations of Prostitution and the Rational Choice Perspective, 4 Pre-Prostitution Life, 5 Paths to Prostitution, 6 Life on the “Job”, 7 Prostitution and Human Trafficking: Underlying Reasons, 8 Legal Responses and Conclusions, References, Index