http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode Kultura polisa volume: 21 number: 3 startpage: 1 endpage: 27 2024 Bjelajac, Željko info:eu-repo/semantics/review Profiling of prostitutes Profilisanje prostitutki Abstract: There is a significant number of authors who have explored the phenomenology and etiology of prostitution as "the oldest profession," whose roots reach far back through history. It is evident that such an approach lacks coherence. Therefore, this paper includes various aspects of prostitution, focusing on the personal experiences and characteristics of women engaged in this profession. It analyzes different factors, traumas, and behavior patterns that lead women into prostitution, highlighting the repercussions on mental and physical health and the symptomatology of post-traumatic stress disorder. Through a socioeconomic and psychological profile of prostitutes, this paper introduces the concept of criminal profiling as an important tool and protective factor in a proactive approach to prevent young girls and women from entering the delinquent world of prostitution. It examines how profiling can aid in understanding antisocial behaviors and preventive actions starting in adolescence, addressing issues related to this social phenomenon both before its manifestation and, retrospectively, after it has occurred. The methods applied include quantitative and qualitative content analysis, comparative analysis (responses to prostitution), and descriptive and analytical statistics. The aim of this paper is to identify flexible risk factors, as well as protective factors, through the profiling concept, which can be planned in preventive and intervention strategies in pursuit of an effective community response in prostitution prevention policies. Sažetak: Postoji značajan broj autora koji su se bavili fenomenologijom i etiologijom prostitucije “kao najstarijeg zanata” čiji koreni dosežu daleko kroz istoriju. Očito je da takav pristup nije koherentan. Stoga su u ovom radu uključeni različiti aspekti prostitucije koji sugerišu na lična iskustva i karakteristike žena koje se bave ovim poslom uz analizu različitih faktora, trauma i obrazaca ponašanja koji vode žene u prostituciju, sa reperkusijom na mentalno i fizičko zdravlje i simptomatologijom posttraumatskog stresnog poremećaja. Kroz socioekonomski i psihološki profil prostitutki, ovde delegiramo koncept kriminalističkog profilisanja, kao važan alat i zaštitni faktor u proaktivnom pristupu da se spreči upliv mladih devojaka i žena u delinkventni svet prostitucije uz razmatranje na koji način profilisanje može pomoći u razumevanju asocijalnih ponašanja i preventivnog delovanja još u adolescentskoj dobi i rešavanju problema vezanih za ovaj društveni fenomen pre njegove manifestacije, ali i nakon toga sa zakašnjenjem. Primenjene su metode: kvantitativne i kvalitativne analize sadržaja, komparativne analize (reakcije na prostituciju) i deskriptivne i analitičke statistike. Cilј ovog rada je da se identifikuju fleksibilni faktori rizika, a ujedno i zaštitni faktori kroz koncept profilisanja koji mogu biti planirani u preventivnim i interventnim strategijama, u težnji ka delotvornom odgovoru zajednice u politici suzbijanja prostitucije. application/pdf 262550 bytes Keywords: prostitution, causes of prostitution, classification of prostitutes, characteristics of prostitutes, profiling of prostitutes, socioeconomic profile, psychological profile. Ključne reči: prostitucija, uzroci prostitucije, klasifikacija prostitutki, karakteristike prostitutki, profilisanje prostitutki, socioekonomski profil, psihološki profil. https://unilib.phaidrabg.rs/o:7062 doi:10.51738/Kpolisa2024.21.3r.1b ISSN: 1820-4589 eng srp