Child Sex Tourism

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Montgomery
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Exploitation ◽  
Small Community ◽  
Sex Tourism ◽  
Child Prostitution ◽  
The Public ◽  
High Profile ◽  
World Tourism Organization ◽  
Tourism Organization

If sex tourism is the dark, if debated, side of tourism, then child sex tourism represents the line in the sand that should never be crossed. While sex tourism involving adults provokes a variety of opinions and positions (Cohen, 1982; Oppermann, 1998; Kempadoo et al., 2005; O’Connell-Davidson and Sánchez Taylor, 2005; Sánchez Taylor, 2006; Day, 2007; Eades, 2009), child prostitution involving tourists is universally condemened and high-profile cases, such as the trial of Gary Glitter, point to the depths of public revulsion against such behaviour. The last 20 years have seen vocal campaigns against child sex tourism, resulting in changes in national legislation in many countries, statements and taskforces from the World Tourism Organization, the inauguration of World Congresses against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and a universal determination to stamp out a crime and a moral outrage. Despite the public outcry and changes in legislation, however, child sex tourism continues and, in some ways, the moral indignation that the subject arouses obscures certain aspects of the situations in which children caught up in prostitution live and work. There is still a dearth of information about how children meet clients, what is expected of them and their paths in and out of prostitution (Montgomery, 2001a, 2001b). Their clients are even more unknown and there is very little research (as opposed to anecdotal) evidence that discusses their motivations, their modus operandi or their choices about which countries they will visit and where they can find opportunities for sexual activity with children (Ennew, 1986; Montgomery, 2008; for an excellent overview of the available evidence see O’Connell-Davidson, 2005). At both national and international levels, legislation to protect children, although much heralded, has proved inadequate, and left unanswered important questions about enforcement and practical help for the children affected. In this chapter, I examine the legislation in place to tackle the problem of child sex tourism, and contrast this with a case study from Thailand of a small community in which children worked as prostitutes in order to support their parents and themselves. In doing so, I am not arguing for any moral ambivalence or ambiguity in discussions of child sex tourism. Rather, I wish to point out the lacuna between those discussions and the lived realities of the children.

Child Sexual Exploitation: Why Theory Matters

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Sexual Exploitation ◽  
Related Services ◽  
Therapeutic Work ◽  
The Public ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Child Sexual Exploitation ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Improve Practice

The issue of child sexual exploitation (CSE) is firmly in the public spotlight internationally and in the UK, but just how well is it understood? To date, many CSE-related services have been developed in reaction to high profile cases rather than being designed more strategically. This book breaks new ground by considering how psychosocial, feminist and geo-environmental theories, amongst others, can improve practice understanding and interventions. It makes the case for a more thoughtful approach to CSE prevention and a greater use of different theoretical perspectives in the development and delivery of strategies and interventions. The book is an essential text for students and those planning strategic interventions and practice activities in social, youth and therapeutic work with young people, as it supports understanding of how CSE arises and how to challenge the nature of the abuse.

scholarly journals Drug Tourism: General Overview, Case Studies and New Perspectives in the Contemporary World

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 188-202
Author(s):  
Thiago Ferreira Pinheiro Dias Pereira ◽  
Leonardo Batista de Paula
Keyword(s):  
Field Research ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Literature Searches ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Beach Tourism ◽  
World Tourism Organization ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Tourism Organization

AbstractSeveral are the motivations and natures of the activities undertaken by tourists, leading to the existence of different types of tourism, which, according to the World Tourism Organization, can be divided into major segments (e.g. Sun & Beach Tourism, Ecotourism and etc.); each one with its own subcategories, as the religious tourism, experience tourism and so on. So, would it be possible to talk about drug tourism? Where, the drug itself would present a significant role as a motivation for travelling. Drug tourism could be seen as the journeys undertaken with the purpose of obtaining or using drugs, which are not available or are illegal in the tourist origin places. The purpose of this article was to provide a general discussion on the subject of drug tourism. In this task, some important examples were cited and the positive and negative impacts on the country or region of destination, the relationships between the different types of drug tourism with the major segments defined by the UNWTO, as well as new perspectives in this field were also discussed. As a case study, were presented information about cannabis tourism in Amsterdam, Netherlands (derived from literature searches and questionnaires in field research). This is a topic discussed only superficially but which is an obvious reality in various tourist destinations. Therefore, it is essential the development of a deeper treatment (deprived of prejudices) about the changes occurring in the contemporary world (concerning the drug politics), which may open new frontiers for this type of tourism.

scholarly journals An exploratory case study on child sex tourism in a Pacific country: Samoa

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Lurlene Virginia Christiansen
Keyword(s):  
Policy Development ◽  
Sexual Exploitation ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Policy Advocacy ◽  
Sex Tourism ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
The Government ◽  
Embedded Case Study

<p>In 2006, The Committee of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, expressed concern about rising tourism in Samoa, and the possibility of associated sexual exploitation of local children. The Committee had recommended that the Government of Samoa devote further research to the sexual exploitation of children, including identifying its scope, and root causes. This thesis became a response to The Committee’s recommendation to Samoa. I carried this study out in Apia, Samoa (2009). It presented three research objectives as follows, 1) To report the scope of child sex tourism in Samoa, 2) To identify, and report on the root causes that contributed to child sex tourism in Samoa, and 3) To present a set of recommendations as a baseline foundation for policy, advocacy, and research. Methodology was a qualitative, single embedded case study. Data sources were mixed-method and multi-perspective, aimed at triangulation to enhance trustworthy results. Data analysis was inductive. Anecdotal evidence revealed child sex tourism is a serious problem in Samoa. Victims were girls and boys (including straight and transgendered ones), perpetrators were all male; preferential and opportunistic. The data revealed 10 root causes facilitating CST in Samoa, as follows: 1) Poverty, 2) Hospitality, 3) Philanthropic exploitation, 4) Marginalisation of boys, 5) Family under pressure, and family dysfunction, 6) Unsafe schools, 7) Ifoga, or the culture of shame, 8) Sex tourism, 9) Tourism was excused of any action, and 10) Lack of awareness about child sex tourism. Additionally, four substantial root causes were identified, as follows: 1) Complacency, 2) Attitudes toward data collection, 3) Child sex tourism had to be ‘proven’ by statistics, and 4) Perpetrators beaten and deported leading to under reporting. This was a first study in Samoa. The baseline results this study presents, are important for policy development, advocacy, and for the academic research community, offer a platform to build on, both quantitative and qualitative.</p>

scholarly journals Valorization of territorial capital in function of rural tourism development: A case study of Kneževo municipality

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-42
Author(s):  
Gordana Rokvić-Knežić ◽  
Milana Kalabić ◽  
Željko Vaško
Keyword(s):  
Rural Area ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Quantitative Methodology ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
Current State ◽  
The World ◽  
World Tourism Organization ◽  
Tourism Organization

The main goal of the research presented in the paper is to analyse the current state and level of development of rural area, in Kneževo municipality, as well as to define the possibilities of development of certain forms of rural tourism based on the territorial capital. In other words, the capital of space consists of natural and created capital. For the purposes of the valorisation of tourist potentials, the qualitative-quantitative methodology of the World Tourism Organization was used, which includes conducting a survey using standard forms of a questionnaire. Based on this survey, resource scoring was performed according to all external and internal factors, i.e. criteria. According to the results of the research, the indicator of tourist value for Kneževo municipality is estimated with 98.74 points out of a possible 400 points, or 25% of its potential tourist value.

‘Bring Back our Innocence’. Protecting Children from Commercial Sexual Exploitation: A Case Study of Three African Countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rufaro Audrey Mavunga
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Sexual Exploitation ◽  
Legal Order ◽  
Commercial Sexual Exploitation ◽  
African Countries ◽  
National Legislation ◽  
Child Prostitution ◽  
International Laws ◽  
International Instruments

The focus of this article is on the commercial sexual exploitation of children with a particular focus on the use of children for the purposes of prostitution and pornography in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Uganda. The article examines the international prohibition of child prostitution and pornography and analyses the extent to which these three countries have implemented the relevant international instruments in their national legal order. The research reveals that South Africa has enacted estimable legislation that prohibits the use of children for the purposes of prostitution and pornography, whereas Zimbabwe and Uganda’s legislation warrants some refinement. In addition, research identifies some of the challenges these countries are facing in implementing the respective legislative frameworks and, to that effect, the article author seeks to offer recommendations for overcoming such difficulties. The extent to which the three countries have incorporated international laws prohibiting child prostitution into their national legislation is analysed.

Discourse structure and political performance in adversarial parliamentary questioning

2008 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Fenton-Smith
Keyword(s):  
House Of Representatives ◽  
Political Theatre ◽  
Systemic Functional Grammar ◽  
Parliamentary Democracies ◽  
The Public ◽  
Political Performance ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Close Analysis ◽  
Parliamentary Procedure

One of the most high-profile and glamorous speech situations to occur in many parliamentary democracies around the world is the spectacle of Question Time. Whereas most of what goes on in parliament may be drab, perfunctory and arcane, Question Time is often dramatic, adversarial, and highly publicised. It is, generally, the only parliamentary procedure to be televised and stands out in the public mind as one of the primary tests of a politicians ability to perform. But how might this performance be judged? Strangely, there has been little systematic linguistic research into the characteristic ways in which this political theatre is stage-managed by its actors. Using the Australian federal parliament as a case study, this paper attempts to elucidate some of the patterns that emerge from a close analysis of all opposition questions directed to government members over a weeks sitting of both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Utilising the tools of systemic functional grammar, recurring discourse structures are identified as standard techniques of formal interrogation between political parties.

scholarly journals Life after ISIS: the problem of the Islamic State foreign fighters

2019 ◽  
pp. 93-110
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Ciślar
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
The Public ◽  
High Profile ◽  
The World ◽  
Foreign Fighters

After the collapse of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria many states faced the problem of the foreign fighters wanting to return. Some governments refused to accept their citizens arguing that they pose too much of a threat to the public. Are the governments across the world justified to revoke the citizenships of the former members of the Caliphate? Do states have a responsibility for their own citizens and are obligated to help them no matter the circumstances? These are the questions that this article examines from the legal and political point of view. The article examines a high profile case study of Shamima Begun – a former jihadi wife, who travelled to Syria as a teenager, caught in a battle for her British citizenship

scholarly journals Aplicação e análise da pressão turística como indicador ambiental no Parque Estadual do Jalapão (TO)

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Veruska Chemet Dutra ◽  
Afonso Rodrigues Aquino
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Environmental Indicators ◽  
Conservation Unit ◽  
Key Points ◽  
Deductive Method ◽  
World Tourism Organization ◽  
Key Indicators ◽  
Tourism Organization ◽  
Made In

O presente artigo visa analisar a aplicabilidade ou não do monitoramento do turismo com o foco na sustentabilidade por meio de indicadores chave do Turismo sustentável propostos pela Organização Mundial do Turismo. A aplicação foi feita em um estudo de caso na unidade de conservação Parque Estadual do Jalapão - PEJ, localizado no Estado do Tocantins, Brasil. Esta é uma pesquisa de caráter interdisciplinar, que teve como norteador o método dedutivo cujo resultado, o indicador Pressão do PEJ, será apresentado. Conclui-se que os pontos chave do turismo sustentável analisados com foco em indicadores ambientais são uma importante ferramenta de avaliação e quantificação desta atividade no destino em estudo e se mostrou adequada para o monitoramento da região. Foi igualmente possível traduzir os principais impactos ambientais que ocorrem nos atrativos e sua intensidade, o que viabilizou uma análise que objetiva traçar caminhos para a correção e prevenção dos impactos apresentados. Application and analysis of tourist pressure as an environmental indicator in Jalapão State Park (TO, Brazil) Abstract: This study aims to analyze whether the monitoring of tourism focused on sustainability is applicable or not through the key indicators of sustainable tourism proposed by the World Tourism Organization. The application of the indicators was made in a case study in Jalapão State Park (JSP) conservation unit, in Tocantins state, Brazil. This is an interdisciplinary research guided by a deductive method, which result, the indicator of pressure of JSP, will be presented. It was concluded that the key points of the sustainable tourism, when analyzed focused on environmental indicators, are an important tool for evaluating and quantifying the activity at the destination studied, being suitable for monitoring for the region. It was also possible to translate the main environmental impacts affecting the attraction and its intensity, facilitating analysis devoted to creating ways to prevent and correct the current impacts. KEYWORDS: Indicators; Tourism; Sustainability; Jalapão.

scholarly journals An exploratory case study on child sex tourism in a Pacific country: Samoa

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Lurlene Virginia Christiansen
Keyword(s):  
Policy Development ◽  
Sexual Exploitation ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Policy Advocacy ◽  
Sex Tourism ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
The Government ◽  
Embedded Case Study

<p>In 2006, The Committee of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, expressed concern about rising tourism in Samoa, and the possibility of associated sexual exploitation of local children. The Committee had recommended that the Government of Samoa devote further research to the sexual exploitation of children, including identifying its scope, and root causes. This thesis became a response to The Committee’s recommendation to Samoa. I carried this study out in Apia, Samoa (2009). It presented three research objectives as follows, 1) To report the scope of child sex tourism in Samoa, 2) To identify, and report on the root causes that contributed to child sex tourism in Samoa, and 3) To present a set of recommendations as a baseline foundation for policy, advocacy, and research. Methodology was a qualitative, single embedded case study. Data sources were mixed-method and multi-perspective, aimed at triangulation to enhance trustworthy results. Data analysis was inductive. Anecdotal evidence revealed child sex tourism is a serious problem in Samoa. Victims were girls and boys (including straight and transgendered ones), perpetrators were all male; preferential and opportunistic. The data revealed 10 root causes facilitating CST in Samoa, as follows: 1) Poverty, 2) Hospitality, 3) Philanthropic exploitation, 4) Marginalisation of boys, 5) Family under pressure, and family dysfunction, 6) Unsafe schools, 7) Ifoga, or the culture of shame, 8) Sex tourism, 9) Tourism was excused of any action, and 10) Lack of awareness about child sex tourism. Additionally, four substantial root causes were identified, as follows: 1) Complacency, 2) Attitudes toward data collection, 3) Child sex tourism had to be ‘proven’ by statistics, and 4) Perpetrators beaten and deported leading to under reporting. This was a first study in Samoa. The baseline results this study presents, are important for policy development, advocacy, and for the academic research community, offer a platform to build on, both quantitative and qualitative.</p>

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