The recovery experience of people who were sex trafficked: the thwarted journey towards goal pursuit.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2010, a shelter programme was established in the Netherlands to provide social and health services for trafficked people. This article describes how service users in this programme conceptualized and experienced their own process of recovery.

Methods

In 2012, 14 people of non-Dutch nationality who had been trafficked for the purpose of sexual exploitation were interviewed at all three shelters of the programme. Data analysis followed a grounded theory approach.

Results

Participants felt a strong need to turn over a new leaf in life, leaving negative experiences of the past behind and moving towards a life with a job, a family and friends. In contrast with their willingness to work towards realizing that future, they experienced a lack of autonomy and a t

SUBMITTER: Viergever RF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6341539 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature