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Child Trafficking as a Predictor of Subsequent Juvenile Justice Involvement

Journal

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment &Trauma

Date Published

December 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Verified Human Trafficking Allegations Among Single and Dual System-Involved Children: Predicting Initial and Repeat Victimization

Journal

Child Abuse and Neglect

Date Published

December 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Juvenile Court Statistics, 2022

Date Published

November 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored, OJJDP-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Grant Sponsored)

Law Enforcement Agency Practices and Policies for the Investigation of Child Sex Trafficking: Are Agencies Using Victim-Centered Approaches?

Journal

American Journal of Criminal Justice

Date Published

October 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

COVID-19 and Child Sex Trafficking: Qualitative Insights on the Effect of the Pandemic on Victimization and Service Provision

Journal

Public Health Reports

Date Published

August 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Understanding the Trafficking of Children for the Purposes of Labor in the United States

Date Published

2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

A State-wide Analysis of Characteristics and Predictors of Dual System Involvement Among Child Victims of Human Trafficking

Journal

Child Abuse & Neglect

Date Published

January 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Estimating Unidentified Sex Trafficking in the Child Welfare Population

Journal

Journal of Human Trafficking

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Evaluating Victim Services Text and Chat Hotlines

Date Published

June 2023

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

“Flexibility and Consistency”: Qualitative Insights on Valuable Skills for Providers Working with Survivors of Child Sex Trafficking

Journal

Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work

Date Published

May 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Measurement and Analysis of Child Pornography Trafficking on Gnutella and eMule

Date Published

2012

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Understanding, Preventing, and Responding to Human Trafficking

December 2022

Series

Justice Today Podcast

Human trafficking is an issue without a simple solution, but research on this problem is helping victims and developing tools and information to help better understand, prevent, and respond to trafficking. NIJ Scientist Mary Carlton joins host Josh Mondoro, Communications Assistant at NIJ, for a discussion about this research.

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Understanding, Preventing, and Responding to Human Trafficking

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Understanding, Preventing, and Responding to Human Trafficking

Inference-based forensics for extracting information from diverse sources

Date Published

2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Thesis/Dissertation

Improving Outcomes for Child Sex Trafficking Victims, Phase 2: A Rigorous Outcome Evaluation of Love146’s Long-Term Services (LTS) Program

15PNIJ-22-GG-03291-NONF

Open

Funding First Awarded

2022

$1,244,466

Measurement and Analysis of Child Pornography Trafficking on P2P Networks

Journal

Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on World Wide Web

Date Published

2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored)

Study Revealed Safe Harbor Laws Increased Protections for Sex-Trafficked Youth, Identified Needs for Agency Support and Judicial Training

Date Published

March 2021

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Advancing Visual Analytics and Computational Science to Combat Human Trafficking

2019-R2-CX-4042

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$86,428

Trends and New Directions in the Law Enforcement Response to the Sex Trafficking of Minors: A Nationally Representative Study

2020-MU-CX-0041

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2020

$991,015

File Marshal: Automatic Extraction of Peer-to-Peer Data

Journal

Digital Investigation

Date Published

2007

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Technical), Program/Project Description

Measuring a Year of Child Pornography Trafficking by U.S. Computers on a Peer-to-Peer Network

Journal

Child Abuse and Neglect

Date Published

February 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored)

Conflict and Agency Among Sex Workers and Pimps: A Closer Look at Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking

Journal

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Date Published

May 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Human Trafficking and the Child Welfare Population in Florida

Journal

Children and Youth Services Review

Date Published

May 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Research on Law Enforcement Responses to Sex Trafficking of Minors, Fiscal Year 2020

Closing Date

May 26, 2020

Advancing Visual Analytics and Computational Science to Combat Human Trafficking

2019-R2-CX-0042

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$86,428

Evaluation of Services for Victims of Crime

2019-V3-GX-0006

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$766,248