Risky Business: Harlem Pimps’ Work Decisions and Economic Returns

Horning, Amber; Thomas, Christopher; Marcus, Anthony; Sriken, Julie

doi:10.1080/01639625.2018.1556863

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“…Among the ex-pimps interviewed by Raphael and Myers-Powell (2010), about 6 in 10 had family members or neighborhood members involved in prostitution. One study noted that most pimps became involved in commercial sex when they were young, with the median starting age at 17 (Horning, Thomas, Marcus & Sriken, 2020). Similar experiences are reported in studies outside of the United States.…”

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“…In their Harlem pimp study, Horning et al (2020) found that 60% reported never using physical abuse and 25% reported using occasional violence; the regular use of violence was only described by 16% of the sample. Those who occasionally resorted to violence thought it was necessary to their job, emphasized that the violence used was not extreme, and that it was used to establish that they are in control.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…These women play different roles, including exerting control to protect the business, serving as an equal business partner, or acquiring other pimps' businesses (Horning, Thomas, Marcus & Sriken, 2018). Other pimps reported operating in family businesses that sell sex (Horning et al, 2020).…”

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Expanding Our Understanding of Traffickers and Their Operations: A Review of the Literature and Path Forward

Barrick,

Sharkey,

Maass

et al. 2023

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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Human trafficking is a serious crime and violation of human rights that results in numerous harms. Although the phenomenon is not new, scholarship on the issue has grown substantially since the first legal framework was passed in 2000. However, the existing literature has been criticized for its skewed focus on victims, among other things. The dearth of information on traffickers and their operations limits our ability to reduce or prevent perpetration. The current study presents a comprehensive and critical review of the existing literature focused on traffickers to synthesize what is already known and highlight the key gaps. Twenty-nine articles met the inclusion criteria of (1) focusing on traffickers and their operations and (2) relying on data either directly from traffickers or sources that contained detailed information about criminal cases against traffickers. We used an iterative process to identify relevant studies, which included collecting articles of which we were already familiar or were identified in existing reviews, searching their reference lists, and conducting cited-by searches until saturation was reached. Topics found in the extant literature included: characteristics of traffickers, relationships between traffickers and victims, organizational characteristics and networks, operations, connections with other crimes, motivations, perceptions of behavior, and risks associated with trafficking. It concludes with recommendations for future research and a discussion of how bridging gaps in the literature could support more rigorous mathematical modeling that is needed to identify and assess promising perpetration prevention and intervention strategies.

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Expanding Our Understanding of Traffickers and Their Operations: A Review of the Literature and Path Forward

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Sharkey,

Maass

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Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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“…Within academia, why sex workers quit has been documented by researchers, such as Baker, Dalla, and Williamson (2010) and Oselin (2014), but there have been only a few studies about domestic minor trafficking victims (e.g., Clawson & Goldblatt Grace, 2007) or pimps quitting the sex trade (i.e., Davis, 2017). There are many studies on the perspectives of minor sex trafficking victims (e.g., Dank, 2011;Horning, 2013;Marcus et al, 2014;Williamson & Prior, 2009) and a few about pimps (e.g., Dank et al, 2014;Horning, Thomas, Marcus, & Sriken, 2018;Stalans & Finn, 2016). The time frame or the historical moment and current legal/policy changes, e.g., the War on Drugs, the Crack era, or SESTA/FOSTA contextualize accounts of quitting.…”

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“…Davis (2017) applies how ex-pimps never fully leave the "pimp" mindset. In part, this is due to pimping being a high-point and a glamorized part of their lives, which is a well-documented pull (Dank et al, 2014;Davis, 2017;Horning et al, 2018) and this is reflected in Horning et al's article where the "bad ass" me theme or the theme where pimps reflect on pimping as their "golden years" or as "high status" is prevalent in the majority of accounts.…”

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Quitting the Sex Trade: Keeping Narratives inside the Debates on Prostitution Policy and Legislation

Horning

2019

Victims & Offenders

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Recently, the public heard intimate details of powerful men in the U.S. buying sex, e.g., the case of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft charged with soliciting prostitution, possibly from sex trafficking victims. These sex scandals sometimes raise questions about whether the sex worker is acting voluntarily, under pimp-control, or due to force, fraud or coercion. These scandals also generate conversations about how such cases are handled and how similar situations can be prevented. There are generally a few interrelated questions 1) is it voluntary? 2) how can supply and demand be reduced? 3) can policies or laws accomplish this by inciting buyers, sellers and sex market facilitators to quit? 4) what other factors will prompt these social actors to exit the market? All of the questions are important; however, the answers are generally interdependent. Sex scandals, such as the one discussed, raise some awareness about social actors within the sex trade, but the public is not very informed about their perspectives. There are many policies and laws that try to encourage, incite or force sex workers or pimps to quit the sex trade. These policies and laws are rarely evidence-based. The perspectives of different social actors in the sex trade, particularly their reasons for slowing down or quitting, should be given more weight in the crafting of prostitution policy and legislation. The anti-trafficking movement has gained momentum with some academics hoping to abolish prostitution because they view it as inherently coercive and inextricably linked to sex trafficking (see Farley, 2004; Hughes and de Compostela, 2004) to those with harm reduction perspectives to those who are critical of the reductive and harmful impact of the antitrafficking movement (see Bernstein, 2012; Blanchette & Da Silva, 2012; Weitzer, 2007). Many prostitution policies are created to disrupt business to decrease its prevalence. Sweden crafted the Nordic Model in 1999, which is a legal policy where buying sex is criminalized, and sex work is decriminalized (Leander, 2005). This model does not account for sex workers' voices (Jordan, 2012) and it pushes typical buyers out (Dodillet & Östergren, 2011). In Sweden, there are indications that sex workers face more danger because on the street their exchanges are rushed and the remaining street buyers are "crazy." Alternatively, some rely on sex market facilitators in indoor brothels (Dodillet & Östergren, 2011) According to Skilbrie (2019), the Nordic Model is also geared towards changing the publics' attitudes about masculinity and sexuality. In Sweden's plight to change public opinion, sex workers are in harm's way. Recently, the Nordic Model is spreading as it has been adopted by many other European countries, as well as Canada and Israel.

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Economics of Sex Trade

Barnett¹

2020

Encyclopedia of Sexuality and Gender

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Risky Business: Harlem Pimps’ Work Decisions and Economic Returns

Cited by 11 publications

References 55 publications

Expanding Our Understanding of Traffickers and Their Operations: A Review of the Literature and Path Forward

Expanding Our Understanding of Traffickers and Their Operations: A Review of the Literature and Path Forward

Quitting the Sex Trade: Keeping Narratives inside the Debates on Prostitution Policy and Legislation

Economics of Sex Trade

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