Criminalized Victims: : When victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation meet Danish authorities
Abstract
The article traces the trajectories of 14 women recognized as victims of trafficking in Denmark, zooming in on what happened to them after their meetings with Danish authorities. The purpose is to identify at which junctures and for which reasons many recognized victims end up not receiving the protection international conventions and Danish law entitle them to. It becomes clear that the Danish state not only lacks in providing the entitled protection but also adds insult to injury as the victims in several ways are treated as criminals, due to their status as undocumented immigrants. These findings are discussed in the light of feminist legal theory and critical criminological perspectives on crimmigration: the intersection of crime control and immigration control.
Info
Journal Article, 2021
UN SDG Classification
DK Main Research Area
Social Science
