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First published: February 1, 2026 - Last updated: February 1, 2026

TITLE INFORMATION

Author: Viktor Andersson and Erika Engström

Title: En tematisk analys om framställningen av människohandel för sexuella ändamål i filmerna Taken (2008), Skin Trade (2014) & Ruthless (2023)

Subtitle: -

Translation: A Thematic Analysis of the Portrayal of Human Trafficking for Sexual Purposes in the Films Taken (2008), Skin Trade (2014) & Ruthless (2023)

Thesis: Examensarbete, Högskolan i Gävle

Advisor: My Lilja

Year: 2025

Pages: 43pp.

OCLC Number: -

Language: Swedish

Keywords: Modern History: 21st Century | American History: U.S. History; European History: French History | Types: Forced Prostitution / Sex Trafficking; Representations: Films / Ruthless, Skin Trade, Taken



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Author:
- Viktor Andersson: -

- Erika Engström: -

Abstract: »The purpose of this study was to examine fictional movies regarding sex trafficking. We have analyzed the trafficking process, as well as the representation of traffickers and their victims. The results have been compared to former research to see how well it corresponds. The study was accomplished through thematic analysis. The films have been transcribed and coded. Those codes have been spaced into three themes which represent the results. Overall we saw that the victims were treated like goods while trapped in trafficking. The female victims were subordinated to the trafficker’s, which we were able to connect to radical feminist theory. This theory also elucidates trafficker’s way of manipulating and deceiving vulnerable women, partly by dint of their own characteristics. We have also analyzed trafficking methods through the routine activity theory and the crime pattern theory.« (Source: Thesis)

Contents:
  Abstract (p. 1)
  Sammanfattning (p. 2)
  1. Inledning (p. 4)
    1.1 Bakgrund (p. 4)
    1.2 Syfte och frågeställningar (p. 6)
    1.3 Begreppslista (p. 7)
  2. Disposition (p. 8)
  3. Tidigare forskning (p. 8)
    3.1 Människohandel i fiktiv film (p. 9)
    3.2 Människohandelns rekrytering och våldförande (p. 12)
    3.3 Människohandlarna och riskfaktorer för att utsättas för människohandel (p. 12)
  4. Teori (p. 13)
    4.1 Radikalfeministiska teorin (p. 13)
    4.2 Rutinaktivitetsteorin och brottsmönsterteorin (p. 14)
  5. Metod och material (p. 15)
    5.1 Metod (p. 15)
    5.2 Urval (p. 17)
    5.3 Material (p. 17)
    5.4 Tillvägagångssätt (p. 18)
  6. Validitet, reliabilitet och tillförlitlighet (p. 20)
  7. Etiska ställningstaganden (p. 22)
  8. Resultat (p. 22)
    8.1 Människohandelns olika metoder (p. 23)
    8.2 Människohandlarna är farliga, manipulativa och framgångsrika (p. 27)
    8.3 Offren är maktlösa och objektifieras (p. 29)
  9. Diskussion (p. 31)
    9.1 Sammanfattning av resultatet (p. 31)
    9.2 Diskussion kring de tre temana (p. 31)
      9.2.1 Människohandelsprocessen (p. 31)
      9.2.2 Maskulinitet och makt (p. 33)
      9.2.3 Människohandelsoffren (p. 34)
    9.3 Alternativa tolkningar av resultatet (p. 35)
    9.4 Fortsatt forskning inom ämnet (p. 36)
  10. Litteraturförteckning (p. 36)
  11. Bilagor (p. 40)

Wikipedia: History of the Americas: History of the United States | History of Europe: History of France | Film: Works about sex trafficking / Taken (2023 film), Ruthless (2023 film), Skin Trade (film) | Prostitution: Forced prostitution / Sex trafficking