Library Guides: Topics in Criminal Justice: Human Trafficking

Reports

Ending child labour, forced labour and human trafficking in global supply chains
Ending child labour, forced labour and human trafficking in global supply chains presents research findings and recommendations on child labour, forced labour and human trafficking in global supply chains. Jointly authored by the ILO, OECD, IOM and UNICEF under the aegis of Alliance 8.7, the report also represents the first ever attempt to measure these human rights abuses and violations on a large scale.
Ending forced labour by 2030: A review of policies and programmes
The latest Global Estimates indicate that 25 million people are in forced labour globally. How can the world community get firmly on track toward eliminating forced labour? The International Labour Organization report Ending forced labour by 2030: A review of policies and programmes points the way with policy approaches and responses.
Global Estimates of Modern Slavery: Forced Labour and Forced Marriage
The 2017 Global Estimates of Modern Slavery focus on two main issues: forced labour and forced marriage. The estimate of forced labour comprises forced labour in the private economy, forced sexual exploitation of adults and commercial sexual exploitation of children, and state-imposed forced labour.
Trafficking in Persons
The 2020 UNODC Global Report on Trafficking in Persons is the fifth of its kind mandated by the General Assembly through the 2010 United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons. It covers 148 countries and provides an overview of patterns and flows of trafficking in persons at global, regional and national levels, based primarily on trafficking cases detected between 2016 and 2019.

Recommended Databases

Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window
Full-text articles from newspapers and periodicals published by the ethnic and minority press in America.
Gender Studies Database This link opens in a new window
Gender Studies Database combines Women's Studies International and Men's Studies databases with the coverage of sexual diversity issues. GSD covers the full spectrum of gender-engaged scholarship inside and outside academia.

Mississippi State Department of Health
Human trafficking affects 12 to 27 million men, women and children worldwide who are held in slavery. Its victims can be found working in restaurants or homes, on farms or construction sites, or in the sex trade. It is a worldwide problem, but also a local one. Human trafficking is happening in Mississippi, with Mississippians as victims.

Political Science Complete This link opens in a new window
Provides full text, indexing, and abstracts for journals in the field of political science, including those of the International Political Science Association.
SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Offers comprehensive coverage of sociology, encompassing all sub-disciplines and closely related areas of study.

Websites

CNN Freedom Project
Project at CNN to collect news and data about human trafficking, blogs and opinion pieces by experts, and opportunities for involvement in the fight to end trafficking.
Forced Labor News at the New York Times
Collection of news and reference information on slave labor at the New York Times, with easy-to-find, up-to-date news on latest cases.
International Rescue Committee
Large human rights organization with emphasis on refugee assistance. Has a good wealth of information about human trafficking.
Not for Sale Campaign
One of many nonprofit organizations set up to work on-the-ground to fight human trafficking. May provide helpful insight into organization structure and different methods for combating trafficking.

Books & eGrove

Sex Trafficking by Siddharth Kara
ISBN: 0231139608
Publication Date: 2008-11-17

Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery
After fifteen years, Kara has recorded nearly 900 cases of sex trafficking in forty-one countries and has helped advise on numerous legal, tactical, and policy efforts for abolishing modern-day slavery across the globe.Sex Traffickingcontinues to lead as a resource for those hoping to expose this hidden evil and eradicate its practice once and for all.
Library Books on HumanTrafficking - United States
This link connects you with a list of books in the Library Catalog on the subject of human trafficking in the United States. Some books are in print, and some are e-books.
Honors Theses and other eGrove docs
Explore our UM digital repository, eGrove, to find research conducted at the University of Mississippi, including Honors Theses, Theses and Dissertations, Departmental Reports, News, and other content.

Suggested Keywords

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Child slavery
Child trafficking victims
Crimes against humanity
Forced labor
Human trafficking
Human trafficking -- International law
Sex crimes
Sex trade
Sex trafficking
Modern slavery

Statistics

Hotline Statistics
The National Human Trafficking Hotline maintains one of the most extensive data sets on the issue of human trafficking in the United States. The statistics contained on this website are based on aggregated information learned through signals -- phone calls, texts, online chats, emails, and online tip reports -- received by the Trafficking Hotline. The data do not define the totality of human trafficking or of a trafficking network in any given area. The Trafficking Hotline uses this data to help human trafficking victims and survivors and to provide the anti-trafficking field with information to help combat all forms of human trafficking.

Roper Center For Public Opinion Research This link opens in a new window
Collection of polling data from 1936 to the present that includes US polling firms, social issues, politics, pop culture, international affairs, and more.
Statista This link opens in a new window
Statista is one of the leading statistics companies on the internet. With a team of over 200 statisticians, database experts, analysts, and editors, Statista provides users with an innovative and intuitive tool for researching quantitative data, statistics and related information.
This database includes an AI powered tool. For more information see the Statista Research AI information page.
Statistical Abstracts of the World This link opens in a new window
The ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the World is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions.