Policing Human Trafficking: Cultural Blinders and Organizational Barriers
Date Published
May 2014
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Human trafficking
NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons
Closing Date
NIJ is seeking proposals for research and evaluation projects that support and inform federal, State, local and tribal criminal justice agencies and victim service providers in responding to the challenges that trafficking in persons (hereinafter “trafficking in persons,” “human trafficking,” or “trafficking”) poses in their jurisdictions. NIJ is particularly interested in research responding to the following priority areas:
- Fostering partnerships between researchers and trafficking survivors...
Evaluation of Services for Domestic Minor Victims of Human Trafficking
Date Published
August 2014
Publication Type
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Evaluation
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Hidden in Plain Sight: Challenges to Identifying, Investigating, and Prosecuting Human Trafficking
Date Published
September 2014
Publication Type
Legislation/Policy Analysis,
Issue Overview
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Evaluation of a Service Provision Program for Victims of Sex Trafficking
2014-R2-CX-0005
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2014
$247,093
Prostitution, Human Trafficking, and Victim Identification: Establishing an Evidence-Based Foundation for a Specialized Criminal Justice Response
2014-R2-CX-0007
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2014
$242,000
Exploring a New Data Platform for Research on Human Trafficking Investigation, Prosecution, Sentencing, Time Served, and Recidivism
2014-R2-CX-0006
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2014
$492,113
Fingernails as Recorders of Region-of-Origin and Travel History
2014-DN-BX-0003
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2014
$35,000
Implicit Racial Bias, Community Context, and Perceptions of Crime and Justice
2014-IJ-CX-0031
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2014
$49,679
Improving Human Trafficking Victim Identification-Validation and Dissemination of a Screening Tool
Date Published
June 2014
Publication Type
Test/Measurement,
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Screening for Human Trafficking: Guidelines for Administering the Trafficking Victim Identification Tool (TVIT)
Date Published
June 2014
Publication Type
Instructional Material
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
NIJ FY 14 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons
Closing Date
In an effort to expand its research and evaluation efforts in the area of trafficking in persons, NIJ is seeking proposals to provide information and research on evidence-based practices in human trafficking for State, local, and tribal criminal justice agencies. NIJ is particularly interested in proposals to develop and analyze information and data that have clear implications for criminal justice in the United States in...
Transnational Crimes among Somali-Americans: Convergences of Radicalization and Trafficking
2013-ZA-BX-0008
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2013
$793,783
An empirical analysis of the scope and scale of organized crime''s involvement in human trafficking in the United States
2013-R2-CX-0049
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2013
$308,694
Evaluation Services for Domestic Minor Victims of Human Trafficking
2009-VF-GX-0206
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2013
$59,256
Optimizing Criminal Justice Use of Social Media in the "Web 3.0" Environment: Addressing the Problem of Human Sex Trafficking
2013-IJ-CX-K009
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2013
$593,715
Thirty Percent of Migrant Laborers in San Diego Experience Trafficking Violations
Date Published
July 2013
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research)
Agencies
NIJ
NIJ FY 13 Research and Evaluation on Transnational Issues Trafficking in Persons, Transnational Organized Crime and Violent Extremism
Closing Date
NIJ seeks proposals for funding research and evaluation projects that support Federal, State, local, and tribal criminal justice agencies in meeting the challenges posed to them by transnational issues such as transnational organized crime, trafficking in persons, and radicalization to violent extremism. Proposals should develop and analyze information and data that have clear implications for criminal justice in the following focus areas: (1) transnational offenders...
Sex Trafficking and Gangs in the San Diego/Tijuana Border Region Area
2012-R2-CX-0028
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2012
$398,824
Identifying Effective Counter-Trafficking Programs and Practices in the U.S.: Legislation, Law Enforcement Processes, and Demand Reduction Strategies That Work
2012-MU-CX-0027
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2012
$339,001
Identifying Challenges to Improve the Investigation and Prosecution of State and Local Human Trafficking Cases: Executive Summary
Date Published
April 2012
Publication Type
Report (Study/Research)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Prosecuting Human Trafficking Cases: Lessons Learned and Promising Practices
Date Published
June 2008
Publication Type
Report (Study/Research)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
NIJ FY 12 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons
Closing Date
NIJ seeks proposals for research and evaluation projects to address the knowledge gaps related to trafficking in persons in the United States. NIJ is particularly interested in studies that address the under-reporting of trafficking cases at the Federal, State, and local levels of criminal justice. NIJ is also interested in evaluation studies of counter-trafficking programs and tools.