Understanding and Improving Law Enforcement Responses to Human Trafficking. Final Report
- Document number
- 1734
- Date
- 2008
- Title
- Understanding and Improving Law Enforcement Responses to Human Trafficking. Final Report
- Author/publisher
- Amy Farrell, Jack McDevitt, The Institute on Race and Justice at Northeastern University
- Availability
- View/save PDF version of this document
- Document type(s)
- Guidelines/Recommendations, Research/Study/Analysis, Training Material/Resources,
- Keywords
- National Institute of Justice, United States, Definition (of trafficking), Identification, Reporting, Investigation, Victims (of trafficking), Trafficked persons, Prosecution, Compensation, Criminal charges, Human trafficking cases, Multi-agency approach, task forces
- Summary
- The project addresses four main areas: 1) the perceptionsof trafficking held by law enforcement and the preparationagencies have taken to address the problem; 2) the frequencyin which law enforcement identifies and investigates cases ofhuman trafficking and 3) the characteristics of those casesinvestigated by law enforcement and 4) the investigation andprosecution of human trafficking cases.
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- Compilation of the Main Legal Instruments and Analytical Reports dealing with Trafficking in Human Beings at International, Regional and National Levels. VOLUME II (National texts)
- Working with the United Nations Human Rights Programme A Handbook for Civil Society
- Guidance on representing trafficked persons in compensation claims