Social disorganization theory and human trafficking: a systemic control approach to the phenomenon

The problem of trafficking in women in Turkey provides a unique oppor­tunity to clarify the connection between human trafficking and a decline in a nation's or a community's ability to regulate her residents' and visi­tors' behaviors to attain the common goal of living in an environment free from the threat of crime. There are several indicators of such decline in Turkey's ability to exert informal and formal social control to be men­tioned here. The crux of the following argument is that having exposed to increased national and international movement of goods and people espe­cially coming from eastern part of the country and from neighboring countries in the region, Turkish society has experienced remarkable changes in terms of its structural characteristics across the cities with the advent of global transitions across the world. These structural changes, in turn, are expected to account for the distribution of crime/victimization rates through their impact on existing mechanisms of formal and informal social controls and sustenance activities and related daily routines in the cities especially since early 1980s.


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