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TraffickCam: Explainable Image Matching For Sex Trafficking Investigations

Journal

arXiv

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

Journal

Social Science Quarterly

Date Published

2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

Journal

Victims & Offenders

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

Does Exotic Dancing Lead to Prostitution? An Exploratory Study

Journal

Deviant Behavior

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

Date Published

July 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

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

Journal

Police Chief

Date Published

October 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

Journal

Justice Quarterly

Date Published

April 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

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

Date Published

1982

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Issue Overview, Report (Study/Research)

Trafficking in Persons: Summary of Focus Group Discussion

Date Published

2007

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Issue Overview

NIJ Research Review, Volume 2, Issue 3

Date Published

November 2001

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

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

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

Journal

Police Chief

Date Published

July 2014

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Evaluation

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

Journal

Child Abuse & Neglect

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Comparison of Drug Use Between Prostitutes and Other Female Arrestees

Journal

Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education

Date Published

2000

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

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

Journal

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Date Published

July 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Female Prostitution, Customers, and Violence

Journal

Violence Against Women

Date Published

February 2004

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Literature Review

Prostitution and Fellatio

Journal

Journal of Sex Research

Date Published

May 2001

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Childhood Victimization and Subsequent Risk for Promiscuity, Prostitution, and Teenage Pregnancy: A Prospective Study

Journal

American Journal of Public Health

Date Published

1996

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

On the Relationships Between Commercial Sexual Exploitation/Prostitution, Substance Dependency, and Delinquency in Youthful Offenders

Journal

Child Maltreatment

Date Published

November 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

Journal

Violence Against Women

Date Published

March 2001

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

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

Journal

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Date Published

October 2005

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

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

Journal

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Date Published

June 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

Journal

Western Criminology Review

Date Published

2002

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Prospective Examination of the Path From Child Abuse and Neglect to Illicit Drug Use in Middle Adulthood: The Potential Mediating Role of Four Risk Factors

Journal

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Date Published

March 2009

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)