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Research Notes

At The Irina Project, we’ve seen the ways that research about sex trafficking can extend the range of approaches journalists take to understanding the issue and help with tracking down additional data and knowledgeable sources.

If you’ve published research on sex trafficking, we invite you to send us an abstract or a paragraph about your study. Please provide contact information (we hope you are willing to be contacted by journalists) as well as a link to the publication. And because we believe that research can inform reporting on sex trafficking, we would love to know if there’s information in your study that suggests a story idea/approach or illuminates a related issue in need of journalistic scrutiny.

If you’re a journalist, please think of these research studies as sources of information for your coverage of sex trafficking, and the study authors as expert sources. And if you have ideas about research on sex trafficking, or are looking for specific kinds of information or experts, feel free to contact us.

Child Trafficking and Child Welfare

10/5/2016

 
By Amanda West
Journal of Human Trafficking, Published online 05 October 2016

Abstract
: The purpose of this article is to gain an increased understanding of the role of child welfare in relation to the child-trafficking population. Fifteen service providers, from multidisciplinary backgrounds, working in the community with victims of child trafficking were interviewed through individual, semi-structured interviews. Exploratory in nature, this study employed a phenomenological methodology. The coding and analysis of data was conducted through Atlas.ti. The findings in this study suggest that there are barriers between service providers and the child welfare system that are experienced in a lack of identification of victims and in the areas of collaboration and funding of services. Recommendations for practice, policy, and research include transparency, education between system and community, shared input in case decision making, and future exploration of the experiences of caseworkers.

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      • Considering Cultural Context, Choice, Language, and Agency in Reporting on Sex Trafficking
      • Using Images When Reporting on Human Trafficking
      • Reporting Sex Trafficking: Overcoming Obstacles, Gaining Perspective
      • Tips for Interviewing Survivors
      • Tips for Reporting on Latinx Community and Sex Trafficking
      • U Visas: A Source for Reporting on Human Trafficking
      • How to Use Sex Trafficking Research: 10 Tips for Journalists
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