caa a22 4500 445805838 CHVBK 20180317145156.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10611-011-9328-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10611-011-9328-z Steinfatt Thomas School of Communication, University of Miami, P.O. Box 248127, 33124-2105, Coral Gables, FL, USA aut Sex trafficking in Cambodia: fabricated numbers versus empirical evidence [Elektronische Daten] [Thomas Steinfatt] Large numbers of sex trafficking victims, on the order of 80,000-100,000, have been alleged to exist in Cambodia over the past decade. Empirical results obtained from measuring the numbers of such victims in Cambodia are contrasted with the lack of support for the widely circulated guesstimates of these numbers. Examples of similar fabrications are discussed and followed through some of their early publication history. The methodology of conducting empirical field research in less developed countries is discussed and the origin of the guesstimates is probed in detail. Both the multiple methodologies employed by and the results of a program of empirical research on trafficking numbers in Cambodia conducted from 2002 to 2008 are discussed. These are compared with the results of additional empirical studies, and with the guesstimates. The existence of empirical results creates location knowledge of victims, presenting ethical questions. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2011 Crime, Law and Social Change Springer Netherlands 56/5(2011-12-01), 443-462 0925-4994 56:5<443 2011 56 10611 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10611-011-9328-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10611-011-9328-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Steinfatt Thomas School of Communication, University of Miami, P.O. Box 248127, 33124-2105, Coral Gables, FL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Crime, Law and Social Change Springer Netherlands 56/5(2011-12-01), 443-462 0925-4994 56:5<443 2011 56 10611 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer