Is the number of trafficked call girls a myth?
A news story from the BBC's radio programme about mathematics, More or Less, which examined the validity of the data upon which British plans to criminalise paying for sex with a prostitute who has been trafficked or is marketed by a pimp. In this article Ruth Alexander questions how the scope of the current problem is calculated.
Year of publication:
2009
Theme:
Research Ethics and Methods
Theme:
Migration and Mobility
Relevant URL:
Link to the news story on the BBC site 
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