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The main purpose of this book is to explore how situational crime prevention can be used to prevent human trafficking. The underlying theme of situational crime prevention is that immediate features of physical and social environments create opportunities for offenders to commit crimes. Crime prevention by opportunity reduction reduces crimes by manipulating offenders´ perceived risks, efforts, and excuses. The study is designed to explore situational characteristics of female trafficking in Turkey that facilitate this crime. The study also investigates possible measures to eliminate female trafficking by altering these characteristics. The study is based on the analysis of two types of data: (a) personal interviews with representatives of nongovernmental organizations and police officials from various city police departments in Turkey and (b) a secondary data analysis of victim interviews.

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Halil Akbas earned his Master´s degree from the University of Louisville in Justice Administration, and his PhD from the University of Cincinnati from the School of Criminal Justice. He has twenty years professional experience in law enforcement field as a mid-level director in Turkey.

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