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VHHA Human Trafficking Resource Manual

The Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association has developed a human trafficking resource manual, Human Trafficking: Care and Response, in collaboration with clinicians from its member hospitals and health systems with experience in forensic nursing, human trafficking, sexual assault care, and related disciplines.

Capturing Human Trafficking Victimization Through Crime Reporting

Farrell, Amy, Dank, Meredith, Kafafian, Matthew, Lockwood, Sarah, Pfeffer, Rebecca, Hughes, Andrea, Vincent, Kyle, 2019

NIC Sex Offenders Project Page

This collection of resources is intended to provide a broad overview of current research and trends in the management and treatment of sex offenders.

Trafficking in Persons Report 2017

U.S. Department of State, 2017

National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking

U.S. Department of Justice, 2017

Consequences of Policing Prostitution: An Analysis of Individuals Arrested and Prosecuted for Commercial Sex in New York City

Dank, Meredith, Jennifer Yahner, and Lilly Yu, 2017

Urban researchers gathered data from both groups of the Legal Aid Society’s Exploitation Intervention Project (EIP) clients to describe who is facing arrest in New York City for prostitution and who has faced arrest and prosecution for prostitution in the past. This study explores the background and needs of EIP clients, in addition to the challenges these clients face within the criminal legal system.

"Faces of Human Trafficking" Video Series

Office for Victims of Crime

The series is intended to be used for outreach and education efforts of service providers, law enforcement, prosecutors, and others in the community. The series includes information about sex and labor trafficking, multidisciplinary approaches to serving victims of human trafficking, effective victim services, victims' legal needs, and voices of survivors.

Inside the FBI: Human Trafficking [Podcast]

Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), 2015

Responding to Sex Trafficking in Your Jurisdiction: A Planning Toolkit

Center for Court Innovation, Human Trafficking and the State Courts Collaborative, State Justice Institute, 2015

This planning toolkit was designed as a guide to help courts and communities assess their current approaches to human trafficking and prositution, and develop or enhance a court-based response.

Integrating a Trauma-Informed Response in Violence Against Women and Human Trafficking Prosecutions

Kristiansson, Viktoria, and JD and Charlene Whitman-Barr, 2015

This will describe a trauma-informed approach to responding to these crimes and discuss practices where such an approach has already been incorporated, highlighting areas where continued, additional integration is necessary.

Document ID: 030094

What You Need to Know: Sex Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation A Training Tool for Parole Officers

ASU School of Social Work, Office of Sex Trafficking Intervention Research (STIR), 2015

This training brochure will explore both victimization and the criminal act of sexually exploiting another person for profit.