http://www.sciencedirect.com.jproxy.lib.ecu.edu/science/article/pii/S0305750X12001453
This article written by Seo-Young Cho out of the German Institute for Economic Research has some flaws. We see that when the article starts out by stating that most victims of human trafficking are women when we know it is a pretty even split between men and women. However the article aims to find out whether or not prostitution legalization has an effect on rates of human trafficking. The article notes a couple arguments that are out there about prostitution. The first arguments stated is that with the legalization of prostitution, human trafficking goes up because they need to keep with with growing demands. The article continues to show how prostitution legalization affects economic growth.
Overall the article looked at three case studies that showed that with the increase of prostitution there is an increase of human trafficking. the authors note that to combat the issue of human trafficking we need to combat prostitution of help reduce the demand. The provide an argument that supports the legalization however. When prostitution is legalized there are better working conditions for the workers. However the cost-benefit scale does not equal to keep prostitution legalized.