caa a22 4500 445805803 CHVBK 20180317145156.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10611-011-9334-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10611-011-9334-1 O'Brien Erin School of Justice, Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia aut Fuelling traffic [Elektronische Daten] Abolitionist claims of a causal nexus between legalised prostitution and trafficking [Erin O'Brien] Over the last decade, researchers and legislators have struggled to get an accurate picture of the scale and nature of the problem of human trafficking. In the absence of reliable data, some anti-prostitution activists have asserted that a causal relationship exists between legalised prostitution and human trafficking. They claim that systems of legalised or decriminalised prostitution lead to increases in trafficking into the sex industry. This paper critically analyses attempts to substantiate this claim during the development of anti-trafficking policy in Australia and the United States. These attempts are explored within the context of persistent challenges in measuring the scale and nature of human trafficking. The efforts of abolitionist campaigners to use statistical evidence and logical argumentation are analysed, with a specific focus on the characterisation of demand for sexual services and systems of legalised prostitution as ‘pull' factors fuelling an increase in sex trafficking. The extent to which policymakers sought to introduce evidence-based policy is also explored. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2011 Crime, Law and Social Change Springer Netherlands 56/5(2011-12-01), 547-565 0925-4994 56:5<547 2011 56 10611 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10611-011-9334-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10611-011-9334-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- O'Brien Erin School of Justice, Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Crime, Law and Social Change Springer Netherlands 56/5(2011-12-01), 547-565 0925-4994 56:5<547 2011 56 10611 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer