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Unconventional Wisdom: Research Shakes Up Assumptions About Sex Trafficking Clues in Online Escort Ads

Date Published

May 8, 2024

Scientific study finds that many widely recognized indicators of trafficking in online escort ads are likely not reliable. Research also produces new practice guide.

Challenging the Dominant Frame: The Moderating Impact of Exposure and Knowledge on Perceptions of Sex Trafficking Victimization

NCJ Number

254173

Journal

Social Science Quarterly

Date Published

2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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The Recursive Relationship Between Substance Abuse, Prostitution, and Incarceration: Voices From a Long-Term Cohort of Women

NCJ Number

254156

Journal

Victims & Offenders

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

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Does Exotic Dancing Lead to Prostitution? An Exploratory Study

NCJ Number

307331

Journal

Deviant Behavior

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

NCJ Number

248978

Date Published

July 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

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Debunking Conventional Wisdom: Using Online Escort Ads in Sex Trafficking Investigations

NCJ Number

305416

Journal

Police Chief

Date Published

October 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Explaining the Use of Traditional Law Enforcement Responses to Human Trafficking Concerns in Illicit Massage Businesses

NCJ Number

305410

Journal

Justice Quarterly

Date Published

April 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

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Organized Crime in the United States: A Review of the Public Record

NCJ Number

109053

Date Published

1982

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Overview Text

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Trafficking in Persons: Summary of Focus Group Discussion

NCJ Number

220771

Date Published

2007

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Issue Overview

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NIJ Research Review, Volume 2, Issue 3

NCJ Number

190748

Date Published

November 2001

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

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Sex Trafficking and Substance Use, Identifying High-Priority Needs Within the Criminal Justice System

NCJ Number

304308

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Research in Brief: Putting Sex Traffickers Out of Business: Combatting Human Trafficking and Prostitution by Reducing the Demand for Commercial Sex

NCJ Number

250253

Journal

Police Chief

Date Published

July 2014

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Evaluation

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Street Prostitution

NCJ Number

193431

Date Published

August 2001

Agencies

COPS

Publication Type

Instructional Material

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Post-implementation of a Safe Harbor law in the US: Review of state administrative data

NCJ Number

301597

Journal

Child Abuse & Neglect

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

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TraffickCam: Explainable Image Matching For Sex Trafficking Investigations

NCJ Number

254596

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

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Comparison of Drug Use Between Prostitutes and Other Female Arrestees

NCJ Number

195672

Journal

Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education

Date Published

2000

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Sex Trafficking: Identifying Cases and Victims

NCJ Number

225759

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

March 2009

Agencies

NIJ

Series

NIJ Journal

Publication Type

Issue Overview

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Female Prostitution, Customers, and Violence

NCJ Number

203962

Journal

Violence Against Women

Date Published

February 2004

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Literature Review

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Ordinary or Peculiar Men? Comparing the Customers of Prostitutes With a Nationally Representative Sample of Men

NCJ Number

248761

Journal

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Date Published

July 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

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Prostitution and Fellatio

NCJ Number

241132

Journal

Journal of Sex Research

Date Published

May 2001

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

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Predictors of Rape Myth Acceptance Among Male Clients of Female Street Prostitutes

NCJ Number

187665

Journal

Violence Against Women

Date Published

March 2001

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

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Comparison of the Male Customers of Female Street Prostitutes With National Samples of Men

NCJ Number

211572

Journal

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Date Published

October 2005

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

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Recidivism Among the Customers of Female Street Prostitutes: Do Intervention Programs Help?

NCJ Number

195328

Journal

Western Criminology Review

Date Published

2002

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

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Does Crime Just Move Around the Corner?: A Controlled Study of Spatial Displacement and Diffusion of Crime Control Benefits

NCJ Number

215413

Journal

Criminology

Date Published

August 2006

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

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Age-Graded Risks for Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Male and Female Youth

NCJ Number

247715

Journal

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Date Published

June 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Grant Sponsored)

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