How many trafficked people are there in Greater New Orleans? lessons in measurement

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dc.contributor.authorBales, K., Murphy, L. T., & Silverman, B. W.
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-22T16:12:34Z
dc.date.available2020-01-22T16:12:34Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractIn an effort to develop a model for estimating prevalence in a city or region of the United States, this study employed Multiple Systems Estimation, a statistical approach that uses data on known cases collected from individual agencies to estimate the number not known, with the ultimate aim of estimating the prevalence of trafficking in a region. Utilizing de-identified data provided by local non-profits and law enforcement agencies, the researchers estimated the prevalence of trafficking in the New Orleans-Metairie metropolitan statistical area. This represents one of the first attempts to use Multiple Systems Estimation to quantify human trafficking in a United States context. The article provides an account of the impediments to and limitations of conducting such an estimate, given the definitional variance and political dynamics that are endemic to anti-trafficking efforts in the United States. The authors provide recommendations for data collection and prevalence analysis that could be applied in other cities or regions of the United States as well as in other similarly-resourced environments.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBales, K., Murphy, L. T., & Silverman, B. W. (2019). How many trafficked people are there in Greater New Orleans? lessons in measurement. Journal of Human Trafficking, 1-13.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23322705.2019.1634936?af=R
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/4555
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Human Traffickingen_US
dc.subjecttraffickingen_US
dc.subjectresearchen_US
dc.subjectprevalenceen_US
dc.subjectcase studyen_US
dc.subjectstatisticsen_US
dc.titleHow many trafficked people are there in Greater New Orleans? lessons in measurementen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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