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Providence Traffic Stop Statistics Compliance: Final Report, Jack Mcdevitt, Amy Farrell, Mary Yee
Providence Traffic Stop Statistics Compliance: Final Report, Jack Mcdevitt, Amy Farrell, Mary Yee
Jack McDevitt
No abstract provided.
Identifying Challenges To Improve The Investigation And Prosecution Of State And Local Human Trafficking Cases, Amy Farrell, Jack Mcdevitt, Rebecca Pfeffer, Stephanie Fahy, Colleen Owens, Meredith Dank, William Adams
Identifying Challenges To Improve The Investigation And Prosecution Of State And Local Human Trafficking Cases, Amy Farrell, Jack Mcdevitt, Rebecca Pfeffer, Stephanie Fahy, Colleen Owens, Meredith Dank, William Adams
Jack McDevitt
This report examines challenges faced in the investigation and prosecution of human trafficking in the United States. The research targeted counties across the U.S. for a systematic review of human trafficking case records and interviews with police, prosecutors, and service providers. The study found that there was a significant lack of awareness about human trafficking among practitioners and the law enforcement community, as well as a focus on sex trafficking (which is disproportionate to the larger issue of human trafficking). The study provides recommendations to help improve the identification, investigation, and prosecution of human trafficking cases in the United States.
Massachusetts Racial And Gender Profiling Final Report: Executive Summary, Amy Farrell, Jack Mcdevitt, Lisa Bailey, Carsten Andresen, Erica Pierce
Massachusetts Racial And Gender Profiling Final Report: Executive Summary, Amy Farrell, Jack Mcdevitt, Lisa Bailey, Carsten Andresen, Erica Pierce
Jack McDevitt
No abstract provided.
Rhode Island Traffic Stop Statistics Data Collection Study 2004-2005: Final Report, Amy Farrell, Jack Mcdevitt
Rhode Island Traffic Stop Statistics Data Collection Study 2004-2005: Final Report, Amy Farrell, Jack Mcdevitt
Jack McDevitt
No abstract provided.
Understanding And Improving Law Enforcement Responses To Human Trafficking: Final Report, Amy Farrell, Jack Mcdevitt, Stephanie Fahy
Understanding And Improving Law Enforcement Responses To Human Trafficking: Final Report, Amy Farrell, Jack Mcdevitt, Stephanie Fahy
Jack McDevitt
Though recognition of the importance and severity of human trafficking has grown in recent years, the identification and investigation of human trafficking cases remains a complex undertaking for local law enforcement. Effectively responding to human trafficking requires officers to notice and identify victims who often have been hidden from or had poor relationships with law enforcement in the past (e.g., women in prostitution, migrants, immigrant community member, and poor women). Sometimes officers may be reluctant to intervene in sex and labor trafficking situations due to a belief that victims were complicit with their own victimization. Local law enforcement response is …