Indicadores de trata de personas en mujeres que ejercen la prostitución en locales de alterne de la Comunidad de Madrid (España)

  1. Eva A. Silva 1
  2. Antonio L. Manzanero 2
  3. GARAZI BENGOA 3
  4. MARÍA JOSÉ CONTRERAS 4
  1. 1 Guardia Civil, España
  2. 2 Universidad Complutense de Madrid, España
  3. 3 Instituto de Ciencias Forenses de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, España
  4. 4 Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), España
Revista:
Acción psicológica

ISSN: 1578-908X

Año de publicación: 2018

Volumen: 15

Número: 1

Páginas: 1-16

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.5944/AP.15.1.19864 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: Acción psicológica

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Resumen

The objective of the present study was to carry out a study on the situation of women practicing prostitution in the community of Madrid (Spain), within the specific context of strip clubs and the possibility of them being victims of human trafficking networks. A total of 180 interviews were conducted on women practicing prostitution in strip clubs across the periphery of Madrid. The results analyzed show that, on average, women who engage in prostitution are 32.57 years of age; from Latin America, Europe or, from Africa (less frequently); and have generally undertaken some type of study/course. Around 80.5% of these women reported having a family, indicating that approximately 68% had between 1 and 4 children. Moreover, the present study analyzed the questions answered or avoided by these women, concluding that most of them omit relevant information regarding questions about trafficking and exploitation indicators. This finding leads to the suspicion that these women could be instructed / taught not to facilitate sensitive information, thus blocking the possibilities of help. A relationship of dependence between the testimony’s credibility estimation and the possibility of being a victim of human trafficking was found. A 94.4% of women whose testimony was believed to be credible were not considered to be victims of human trafficking; 72.8% of those estimated as non-credible were considered to be victims of human trafficking. The possibility of the interviewees being victims of human trafficking, according to interviewers, depended on their social isolation, fear or concern shown throughout the interview, their lack of collaboration, and their avoidance of certain relevant issues or being susceptible. Overall, the present study alerts about the situation of vulnerability of the interviewed women.

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