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

Date Published

December 2024

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Juvenile Court Statistics, 2022

Date Published

November 2024

Publication Type

Report (Grant Sponsored)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored, OJJDP-Sponsored

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

Date Published

October 2024

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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

Date Published

August 2024

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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

Date Published

2024

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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

Date Published

January 2024

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Estimating Unidentified Sex Trafficking in the Child Welfare Population

Date Published

2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Evaluating Victim Services Text and Chat Hotlines

Date Published

June 2023

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Agencies

NIJ

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

Date Published

May 2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Measurement and Analysis of Child Pornography Trafficking on Gnutella and eMule

Date Published

2012

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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

Publication Type

Thesis/Dissertation

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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

Date Published

2013

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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

Date Published

March 2021

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ

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

Date Published

2007

Publication Type

Report (Technical), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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

Date Published

February 2014

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Human Trafficking and the Child Welfare Population in Florida

Date Published

May 2018

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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

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

2019-VT-BX-0038

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$664,690

Assessing the Under-Reporting of Minor Victim Sex Trafficking

Date Published

December 2018

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored