DOI: 10.3886/icpsr37178.v1
title: Research-Survivor Formative Evaluation of San Francisco's Anti-Human Trafficking Task Forces, California, 2016-2018
title: Version 1

description: Research Triangle Institute (RTI) International, in partnership with MD Consulting, conducted a researcher-survivor-ally participatory process evaluation of the Task Force on Anti-Human Trafficking in San Francisco. The purpose of the Task Force is to review current efforts to improve the city's response to human trafficking and identify gaps in services for survivors. Participants include representatives from social service organizations, law enforcement, community-based organizations, philanthropic and advocacy groups, and concerned citizens. This study included an integrated, multi-level approach of community involvement. People who have experienced a severe form of human trafficking are represented at all levels of the research process, including that of co-principal investigator (co-PI), research assistants (RAs) and members of the Community Advisory Board (CAB). The goals of this evaluation were to evaluate components of task force implementation through a comprehensive process evaluation, conduct a secondary analysis of law enforcement data, and create a research infrastructure that supports the intellectual and career development of people who have experienced trafficking.
description: The purpose of this study was to evaluate components of anti-human trafficking task force implementation through a comprehensive process evaluation and create a research infrastructure that supports the intellectual and career development of people who have experienced trafficking.
description: The research team engaged in multiple forms of data collection. This included reviewing administrative documents, including all available meeting minutes, reports and position papers developed by the committees, and the 2015 and 2016 annual report. The research team attended all general meetings and at least the first meeting of each committee for each year. Once a year the research team conducted key informant interviews with Task Force participants and members and administered the Levels of Collaboration Scale. Lastly, the research team conducted quantitative analysis of de-identified data provided by the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) and the San Francisco District Attorney's Office (SFDA). Please note, the qualitative data will not be included in this current release, but it will be available in a future release.
description: The variables included in this study measure administration collaboration along with attorney and police department data. This data includes descriptive variables of human trafficking incidents, along with general demographics of victims and police.
description: Not applicable.
description: Response Rates: Not available.
description: Presence of Common Scales: Levels of Collaboration Scale, Frey, B.B., Lohmeier, J.H., Lee, S.W., & Tollefson, N. (2006)
description: This study includes a random sample of San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) incident reports labeled as prostitution and/or human trafficking that were selected for the years 2009, 2010, 2014 and 2015. The purpose of this timeframe was to examine trends prior to and after the 2011 inclusion of human trafficking cases in the Special Victims Unit (SVU).
description: Datasets: DS0: Study-Level Files DS1: San Francisco Police Department Data for Third Parties DS2: San Francisco Police Department Data for Incident Level Information DS3: San Francisco Police Department Data for People Selling Sex DS4: San Francisco Police Department Data for People Buying Sex
description: Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force agencies, committees, individual members, administrative data, documents, and publications, as well as incident reports from the San Francisco Police Department and San Francisco District Attorney's Office. Smallest Geographic Unit: Police District
description: record abstracts; coded on-site observation; face-to-face interviewPlease note, the qualitative data will not be included in this current release, but it will be available in a future release.