Advances in measurement: A scoping review of prior human trafficking prevalence studies and recommendations for future research

K Barrick, R Pfeffer - Journal of Human Trafficking, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Human trafficking victimization is harmful to individuals, families, institutions, communities,
and nations. It is commonly understood that human trafficking is a widespread problem, yet …

Juror decision-making within domestic sex trafficking cases: do pre-trial attitudes, gender, culture and right-wing authoritarianism predict believability assessments?

KL Stevens, D Mojtahedi, A Austin - Journal of Criminal Psychology, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to examine whether country of residence, sex trafficking attitudes,
complainant gender, juror gender and right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) influenced juror …

Right-wing ideology fuels bias against sex trafficking victims: the mediating role of sexism

D Mojtahedi, KL Stevens, A Austin - Psychology, Crime & Law, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The authors examined the relationship between right-wing beliefs and problematic attitudes
towards victims of sex trafficking (ST). Study one used a cross-sectional survey (N= 444) to …

Use of ICD-10 codes for human trafficking: analysis of data from a large, multisite clinical database in the United States

PL Kerr, G Bryant - Public Health Reports, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: People experiencing trafficking often seek health care but are not identified.
Although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added new International …

The role of defendant gender on juror decision-making within a mock sex trafficking case among a jury-eligible community sample

KL Stevens, A Austin, D Wheeler… - Journal of sexual …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Sex trafficking is considered a public health emergency, although there is public confusion
about the crime. Defendant gender has been demonstrated to affect juror decision-making …

Learning from child welfare case narratives: A directed content analysis of indicators for human trafficking

SS Pate, VR Anderson, TC Kulig, N Wilkes… - Children and Youth …, 2021 - Elsevier
Human trafficking involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion to facilitate commercial sex,
labor, involuntary servitude, peonage debt bondage, or slavery. Youth within the child …

Measuring sex trafficking: A national-level victimization survey of an at-risk sample

TC Kulig - Justice quarterly, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The current study administered a self-report survey with behaviorally specific questions to a
stratified sample of non-college educated women, aged 18 to 29, in the general population …

Findings from the US national human trafficking hotline

MS Tillyer, MR Smith, R Tillyer - Journal of human trafficking, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Human trafficking is a public health crisis in the United States, yet it is difficult to understand
national patterns and trends as official law enforcement data often suffer from reporting and …

Exploring gaps in identification: estimating the prevalence of sex trafficking in Sacramento County

K Barrick, R Pfeffer, S Tueller, E Tibaduiza… - Journal of Human …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Human trafficking is a hidden crime, and lack of empirical data on the scope of the problem
and the extent to which it is under-identified limits efforts to disrupt trafficking and meet the …

A content analysis on state human trafficking statutes: how does the legal system acknowledge survivors in the United States (US)?

C Branscum, SW Fallik - Crime, Law and Social Change, 2021 - Springer
Human trafficking is an egregious violation of basic human rights that has reached global
proportions. Despite the gradual proliferation of social science research and policy …