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Innovations in empirical research into human trafficking: introduction to the special edition

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Introduction to special issue Crime, Law and Social Change on 'Innovations in empirical research into human trafficking'.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-7
Number of pages7
JournalCrime, Law and Social Change
Volume72
Issue number1
Early online date25 Jul 2019
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Publication statusPublished - 15 Aug 2019

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Given this context, we are delighted this special edition begins to address many of these key gaps. The papers in it have been written by some of the world’s leading academic experts on trafficking and span a range of countries, topics and approaches. What unites the contents is a shared grounding in original, empirical research and innovative contributions to the literature, be it in thematic, methodological and/or conceptual terms. Thanks to funding from the Economic and Social Research Council of the UK, the process included a symposium in London in July 2018. Lead authors came together to present their first drafts and share their feedback on one another’s work; the resultant papers are all the stronger for the constructive criticism and vigorous debate that ensued. Overall, we are confident that this volume has much to offer for academics, policy-makers and practitioners interested in new perspectives on human trafficking. Below, we provide a short summary of each paper, followed by some brief concluding observations. We are very grateful to the Economic and Social Research Council of the UK for funding the symposium in London via Dr. Ella Cockbain’s Future Research Leaders Fellowship (grant reference: ES/K008463/1). We thank the Department of Security and Crime Science at University College London for hosting the event and all who attended for their valuable contributions and feedback on others’ work. We thank all the anonymous reviewers for their generosity with their time and insightful comments. Our final thanks goes to the journal’s general editors, Professors Mary Dodge and Wim Huisman, for their support for this special edition and assistance throughout. We are very grateful to the Economic and Social Research Council of the UK for funding the symposium in London via Dr. Ella Cockbain?s Future Research Leaders Fellowship (grant reference: ES/K008463/1). We thank the Department of Security and Crime Science at University College London for hosting the event and all who attended for their valuable contributions and feedback on others? work. We thank all the anonymous reviewers for their generosity with their time and insightful comments. Our final thanks goes to the journal?s general editors, Professors Mary Dodge and Wim Huisman, for their support for this special edition and assistance throughout.

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Department of Security and Crime Science at University College London
Professors Mary Dodge and Wim Huisman
Economic and Social Research CouncilES/K008463/1

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    This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

    1. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
      SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

    Keywords

    • Human trafficking; Organized crime; labor trafficking; sex trafficking

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