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The Outcomes for Human Trafficking Instrument: Validity and Reliability Testing

Journal

Journal of Human Trafficking

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Child sexual abuse images, youth produced images and the varieties of image-based sexual exploitation and abuse

Journal

Child Abuse & Neglect

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Mechanisms of recruitment into sex trafficking operations: a systematic review

Journal

Global Crime

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Study Protocol for an Evaluability Assessment of an Anti-human Trafficking Program

Journal

International Journal for Equity in Health

Date Published

October 2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Understanding the Scope and Nature of Forced Criminality in the United States

15PNIJ-23-GG-01927-HT

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$997,729

Evaluating Processes and Outcomes of Housing Models for Victims of Human Trafficking

15PNIJ-23-GK-01928-HT

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$654,195

Evaluation of the California Human Trafficking Victim Assistance Grant Program

15PNIJ-23-GG-01926-HT

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$799,859

Can Science Enhance Equity? Findings and Implications From a Study To Detect Bruising on Victims with Dark Skin Pigmentation

August 2023

Series

NIJ Research Conference

This plenary panel from the 2023 NIJ Research Conference features fascinating research on a methodology to improve the detection and documentation of bruises on victims of violence who have dark skin pigmentation. This study highlights the intersection between science, justice, and racial equity, featuring practitioner and victims’ advocacy perspectives. The discussion describes the research and its findings and explore strategies to ensure that this particular evidence-based methodology can be widely implemented by nurse practitioners in the field.

Participants:

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Interdicting Restructuring Networks with Applications in Illicit Trafficking

Journal

European Journal of Operational Research

Date Published

July 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Research Program Plan Fiscal Year 1989

Date Published

1988

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

Evaluating Victim Services Text and Chat Hotlines

Date Published

June 2023

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Evaluating Victim Services Text and Chat Hotlines: Technology Helps Reach Underserved Populations

It's a Marathon Not a Race: Exiting the Commercial Sex Trade

Date Published

July 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Thesis/Dissertation

A Transdisciplinary Approach for Generating Synthetic but Realistic Domestic Sex Trafficking Networks

Journal

IISE Transactions

Date Published

2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

“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)

Quantifying the relationship between large public events and escort advertising behavior

Journal

Journal of Human Trafficking

Date Published

March 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Active search of connections for case building and combating human trafficking

Date Published

2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Do public events affect sex trafficking activity?

Date Published

2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Leveraging publicly available data to discern patterns of human-trafficking activity

Journal

Journal of Human Trafficking

Date Published

2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Examining the Geography of Illicit Massage Businesses Hosting Commercial Sex and Sex Trafficking in the United States: The Role of Census Tract and City-Level Factors

Journal

Crime & Delinquency

Date Published

May 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons

Closing Date

May 8, 2023

Grants.gov Deadline

April 24, 2023

Application JustGrants Deadline

May 8, 2023

Gender-Based Violence and the Latinx Community

September 2022

In this webinar, a panel of experts will share what the field currently knows about gender-based violence in the Latinx community.

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National Institute of Justice Fiscal Year 2019 Annual Report

Date Published

January 2023

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Report (Annual/Periodic)

Law Enforcement Guide on Indicators of Sex Trafficking in Online Escort Ads

Date Published

December 2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Technical Assistance

Understanding, Preventing, and Responding to Human Trafficking

Date Published

December 2022

Agencies

NIJ