Measuring the prevalence of trafficking may have utility for individuals who are assessing the level of need and resources necessary to locate and support suspected or identified victims. This report presents findings and recommendations from an expert workshop that focused on the types of information related to the prevalence and characteristics of trafficking that are most useful for practitioners working with trafficking survivors.
Authors
Woods, Dulani, Langton, Lynn, Labriola, Melissa M., Banks, Duren, Vermeer, Michael J. D., Jackson, Brian A., Pfeffer, Rebecca
- Division
- RAND Social and Economic Well-Being Justice Policy
- Pages
- 20
- Published in
- United States
- RAND Identifier
- RR-A108-28
- RAND Type
- report
- Rights
- RAND Corporation
- Series
- Research Reports
- Source
- https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA108-28.html
Table of Contents
- Identifying High-Priority Needs to Improve the Measurement and Application of Human Trafficking Prevalence Estimates 1
- What We Found 2
- Different industries populations political landscapes and forms of exploitation require different methodologies for estimating prevalence. 2
- INTRODUCTION 3
- Discussion Points 4
- Methodology 4
- DISCUSSION 5
- Establishing Consensus on Methodologies 5
- RESULTS 5
- Accounting for Variation 7
- Measuring Prevalence with Purpose 7
- CONCLUSION 8
- Prioritizing Community Input 8
- Workshop Scope and Participant Selection 9
- Identification and Prioritization of Needs 9
- TECHNICAL APPENDIX 9
- Interviews 10
- In-Person Workshop 10
- Postsession Prioritization 11
- References 17
- Acknowledgments 18
- About the Authors 19
