Beyond the Natasha Effect: Determinants of Human Trafficking Policy Variation in the Post-Soviet Region
Journal: KU ScholarWorks (The University of Kansas)
Year: 2014

This dissertation examined how human trafficking policies diffused in the post-Soviet region, a significant source region for female victims of sex trafficking dubbed Natashas. The main research question examined why some countries adopted policies while others did not. More specifically it examined whether human trafficking variations in all 15 countries of the former Soviet Union were due to internal determinants and/or from external pressure from the international community. Case studies with