"The results contradict some of the most common stereotypes we have about sex trafficking and sex work. For example, only 14 percent of female New York respondents said that they worked for a pimp, and in New Jersey that number was just 13 percent including males and females; 47 percent in New Jersey said that they didn’t even know a pimp. Most reported that they had not been introduced to sex work by a stranger at all, but rather by a family member or family friend, and most said that they were not forced into sex work by any one person, but rather because of a lack of housing, or money, or that they couldn't get by on low-paying jobs.
The new research also calls into question the narrative of helpless girls and violent pimps who throw them into hotel-brothels. It’s not that those situations aren’t out there, says Marcus, but they are a small percentage and the data says that’s not even close to the whole story. “Previous research paints a skewed picture,” he says."
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865658508/Everything-we-think-we-know-about-sex-trafficking-could-be-wrong.html?pg=all
The new research also calls into question the narrative of helpless girls and violent pimps who throw them into hotel-brothels. It’s not that those situations aren’t out there, says Marcus, but they are a small percentage and the data says that’s not even close to the whole story. “Previous research paints a skewed picture,” he says."
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865658508/Everything-we-think-we-know-about-sex-trafficking-could-be-wrong.html?pg=all