Policing labor trafficking in the United States

Despite new mandates to identify and respond to labor trafficking crimes, US law enforcement struggles to integrate labor trafficking enforcement with traditional policing routines and roles. As a result, human trafficking enforcement has primarily focused on sex trafficking and few labor traffickin...

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Authors: Farrell, Amy (Author) ; Brigh, Katherine (Author) ; Vries, Ieke de (Author) ; Pfeffer, Rebecca (Author) ; Dank, Meredith (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 28 May 2019
In: Trends in organized crime
Year: 2020, Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Pages: [36]-56
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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