Identifying challenges to improve the investigation and prosecution of state and local human trafficking cases
By: submitted by Amy Farrell, Ph.D., Jack McDevitt, Ph.D., Rebecca Pfeffer, M.A., Stephanie Fahy, M.A., Northeastern University, Institute on Race and Justice [and] Colleen Owens, Meredith Dank, Ph.D., William Adams, M.P.P., Urban Institute Justice Policy Center
Contributors: McDevitt, Jack, 1953-, author; Pfeffer, Rebecca, author; Fahy, Stephanie, author; Owens, Colleen (Researcher), author; Dank, Meredith L., 1977-, author; Adams, William, 1966-, author; Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.). Institute on Race and Justice; Justice Policy Center
Publisher: Northeastern University, Institute on Race and Justice
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
Subjects: Human trafficking; Law enforcement
Description: 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.

"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."
Notes: "April 2012."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-233).