Florida’S Task Force Approach To Combat Human Trafficking: An Analysis Of County-Level Data

Keywords

arrests; Florida; human trafficking task forces; Police collaborations; public policy

Abstract

Since emerging in the USA during the 1990s, the multi-agency task force has become the preferred organizational structure for enforcing human trafficking laws and providing assistance to victims. These task forces often work across county lines and typically include law enforcement agencies, as well as social service and non-governmental organizations. The effect of collaborations with other types of agencies on law enforcement’s human trafficking arrests is unknown. County-level arrest data for human trafficking first became available through the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2014. In this paper, we present findings from county-level analyses with human trafficking arrests in the State of Florida as the dependent variable. Independent variables include the presence of a task force, sociodemographic characteristics, tourism measures, and police officers per capita. The strongest predictor of human trafficking arrests is the presence of a task force.

Publication Date

5-4-2017

Publication Title

Police Practice and Research

Volume

18

Issue

3

Number of Pages

245-258

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2017.1291567

Socpus ID

85012255942 (Scopus)

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https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85012255942

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