Embracing Tribal Culture to Build Research Partnerships
Date Published
November 2022
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Program/Project Evaluation
Sex trafficking
Human Trafficking
NIJ funds research on human trafficking and evaluation of promising practices. The overall emphasis for NIJ’s research lies on:
- Strengthening the science of measuring the prevalence of human trafficking
- Preventing trafficking
- Improving the identification, investigation, and prosecution of traffickers
- Identifying best practices for identifying and providing services to victims.
While NIJ focuses on human trafficking as it occurs in the United States, it draws on...
Identifying online risk markers of hard-to-observe crimes through semi-inductive triangulation: The case of human trafficking in the United States
Journal
The British Journal of Criminology
Date Published
May 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
Recommendations for Practitioners Evaluation of the Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Forces to Combat Human Trafficking
Date Published
June 2022
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Collaboration and Challenges in Antitrafficking Task Forces: Lessons Learned from the Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Forces to Combat Human Trafficking
Date Published
June 2022
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Findings from an Evaluation of the Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Forces to Combat Human Trafficking
Date Published
January 2022
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
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
Replication Validation of a Human Trafficking Screening Tool for Law Enforcement and Estimation of Prevalence
15PNIJ-22-GG-01569-NIJB
Open
Funding First Awarded
2022
$649,332
Multi-Site Evaluation of the Enhanced Collaborative Model to Combat Human Trafficking
15PNIJ-22-GG-01568-HT
Open
Funding First Awarded
2022
$979,022
FY 2021 Report to the Committees on the Judiciary on the Study of Investigative Factors Related to Online Child Exploitation Report
Date Published
August 2022
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Report (Annual/Periodic)
Human Trafficking Project
15PNIJ-22-GK-00246-BRND
Open
Funding First Awarded
2022
$1,187,000
Evaluability Assessment of a Metropolitan Network Service Delivery Model to Connect Trafficked Persons with a Full Range of Victim Services, Final Research Report
Date Published
June 2022
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Program/Project Evaluation
Evaluation of Technology-based Advocacy Services (ETA): Technical Report, Executive Summary
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Program/Project Evaluation
Tribal Crime, Justice, and Safety, Part 1
June 2022
Series
Research indicates that Native American persons experience crime victimization at higher rates than non-Native people. Furthermore, the unique position of American Indian and Alaska Native tribes as both sovereign nations and domestic dependents of the U.S. creates jurisdictional complexities in responding to crime, justice, and safety. Senior social and behavioral scientist Christine (Tina) Crossland discusses NIJ’s research on these topics, especially on the prevention of violence towards American Indians and Alaska Natives. Communications Assistant Stacy Lee Reynolds hosts.
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Audio file
In Their Own Words: The Impact of Indirect Trauma Exposure on Judges Presiding Over Cases Involving Minors Involved in Sex Trafficking
Journal
Juvenile and Family Court Journal
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Understanding and Characterizing Labor Trafficking Among U.S. Citizen Victims
Date Published
April 25, 2022
Evaluation of a Multi-Session Group Designed To Prevent Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Minors: The "My Life My Choice" Curriculum
Journal
Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Date Published
2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Program/Project Evaluation
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
The Prosecution of State-Level Human Trafficking Cases in the United States
Journal
Anti-Trafficking Review
Date Published
2016
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Legislation/Policy Analysis
Out of the Shadows: A Tool for the Identification of Victims of Human Trafficking
Date Published
June 2014
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Measurement/Evaluation Device
Environmental and Institutional Influences on Police Agency Responses to Human Trafficking
Journal
Police Quarterly
Date Published
March 2014
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons
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