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Addressing Victims of Sexual Trafficking with a Dose of Humanity: The Role of Peer Counselors

Most people know the old saying “the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.” If there’s any truth to that statement, then surely there are...
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Bonus, online article—The Justice Department’s Diagnostic Center Provides Technical Assistance to Address Human Trafficking

Effectively addressing human trafficking can pose a significant challenge to communities without established practices for identifying and protecting human trafficking victims and investigating and pr...
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Human Trafficking 101 for Law Enforcement1

The leaders of the United States have made it clear that the right to be free from slavery and involuntary servitude is guaranteed to all who choose to live in the United States. In 1865, President Ab...
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Human Trafficking Training and Resources1

Bureau of Justice Assistance-funded Trainings Human Trafficking Basic Awareness Training for Law Enforcement Agencies now can access the online version of the basic Introduction to Human Traffick...
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Human Trafficking: Building an Agency’s Social Capital Through a Social Justice Response

When Drequan Dugar was arrested on charges of human trafficking on February 18, 2014, by the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office in North Carolina, the case illustrated how the response to human tra...
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Making the Case for a Collaborative Response to Human Trafficking Crimes: U.S. v. Andrew Fields

Since passage of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) in 2000, the United States has seen a steady increase in awareness of human trafficking as a serious crime and human rights violation. Th...
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Ten Years and Counting…
One Woman’s Path from Survivor to Mentor

This year, I will celebrate a decade of sobriety and the 10th anniversary of my release from Cook County Jail. The interesting thing is I never really left. Inspired by my experience with the sheri...
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The Front Line: Challenges for Law Enforcement in the Fight Against Human Trafficking

ew laws, increased awareness, and better coordination among government agencies has not led to the identification of the number of human trafficking cases one might expect. This article explores resea...
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