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Understanding And Improving Law Enforcement Responses To Human Trafficking: Final Report, Amy Farrell, Jack Mcdevitt, Stephanie Fahy Jun 2012

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 …


Understanding And Improving Law Enforcement Responses To Human Trafficking: Final Report, Amy Farrell, Jack Mcdevitt, Stephanie Fahy Apr 2012

Understanding And Improving Law Enforcement Responses To Human Trafficking: Final Report, Amy Farrell, Jack Mcdevitt, Stephanie Fahy

Stephanie Fahy

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 …


Understanding And Improving Law Enforcement Responses To Human Trafficking: Final Report, Amy Farrell, Jack Mcdevitt, Stephanie Fahy Apr 2012

Understanding And Improving Law Enforcement Responses To Human Trafficking: Final Report, Amy Farrell, Jack Mcdevitt, Stephanie Fahy

Amy Farrell

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 …