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    Legal Responses to Trafficking Evaluability Assessments

    by Rachel Swaner, Elise White, Kathleen Krieger, Rebecca Pfeffer, Camille Gourdet, Jennifer Hardison Walters, and Samantha Charm

    Research on the effectiveness and ethical mandate of prostitution diversion programs, human trafficking courts, and other specialized responses to the intersecting issues of prostitution and sex trafficking has produced mixed results. To better understand these initiatives, the Center for Court Innovation and RTI International conducted evaluability assessments of five such programs.

    Diversion, Evidence-Based Practices, Human Trafficking, Problem-Solving Justice, Reducing Trauma
  • Video

    What Works: Practitioners and Survivors Explain the Key Principles of Human Trafficking Courts

    Courts across the country are developing new and unique ways to address sex trafficking. Given the differences in local laws, culture, and available resources, there is no universally applicable model, and instead, human trafficking courts rely on shared strategies and goals. In this video resource, practitioners from courts around the country explain and discuss five key principles that animate their work in human trafficking courts.

    Human Trafficking
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    Human Trafficking and the Courts: Viewers’ Guide to 'From Defendant to Survivor'

    by Danielle Malangone and Robyn Mazur

    The video, From Defendant to Survivor: How Courts Are Responding to Human Trafficking, profiles three courts that have forged new responses to sex trafficking. This guide is designed to help viewers understand the key principles of court models that effectively divert human trafficking and prostitution cases from prosecution.

    Human Trafficking, Justice-Involved Women
  • Video

    From Defendant to Survivor: How Courts are Responding to Human Trafficking

    by Robert V. Wolf, William Harkins, Robyn Mazur, and Danielle Malangone

    Survivors of sex trafficking are usually treated as criminals rather than victims. But some courts have begun to recognize that those arrested on prostitution charges are often victims of coercion, violence, and trauma. Our video, From Defendant to Survivor, profiles the innovative approaches being taken by courts in Los Angeles, New York City, and Columbus, Ohio.

    Human Trafficking, Justice-Involved Women
  • Publication

    Navigating Force and Choice: Experiences in the New York City Sex Trade and the Criminal Justice System's Response

    by Elise White, Rachel Swaner, Emily Genetta, Suvi Hynynen Lambson, Janell Johnson Dash, Isaac Sederbaum, and Ariel Wolf

    Based on more than 300 in-depth interviews with adults involved in New York City’s multifaceted sex trade, this study describes a murky and mutable continuum between involvement in the trade due to force and choice. It also examines a unique criminal justice response: New York City's Human Trafficking Intervention Courts, developed to mitigate some of the harm trafficking victims experience in the criminal justice system.

    Human Trafficking, Justice-Involved Women
  • Audio

    Houston's SAFE Court Offers Victims of Human Trafficking a New Path

    by Robert V. Wolf

    In this New Thinking podcast, Ann Johnson, an assistant district attorney and the human trafficking section chief with the Harris County District Attorney's Office, discusses her office's strategies for combating human trafficking, including increased enforcement against traffickers and buyers, and diversion from prosecution for victims. One of the office's diversion program, SAFE Court, gives those ages 17 to 25 who are charged with prostitution the opportunity to clear the charge from their criminal records by completing a yearlong program of monitoring and social services. 

    Human Trafficking, Justice-Involved Women
  • Publication

    Forging Partnerships Across Court-Support Organizations: Lessons from the Human Trafficking and the State Courts Collaborative

    by Danielle Malangone and John Martin

    This article outlines lessons from the Human Trafficking and the State Courts Collaborative relevant to all justice system stakeholders. It offers concrete recommendations for multidisciplinary partnerships on how to cultivate and sustain collaboration.

    Human Trafficking, Justice-Involved Women
  • Audio

    'My Partner, My Enemy': New York State Judge John Leventhal

    Judge John Leventhal is the author of “My Partner, My Enemy,” a book chronicling his experiences presiding over the Brooklyn Domestic Violence Court from its opening in June 1996 until 2008, the first felony domestic violence court in the nation.

    Community Justice, Gender and Family Justice, Human Trafficking, Parent Support, Problem-Solving Justice
  • Publication

    Experiences of Youth in the Sex Trade in the Bay Area

    by Nikki Jones, Joshua Gamson, Brianne Amato, Stephanie Cornwell, Stephanie Fisher, Phillip Fucella, Vincent Lee, and Virgie Zolala-Tovar

    This study in San Francisco and Oakland, Calif. included 136 interviews with youth engaged in the sex trade. Findings show that young people’s involvement in the sex trade mostly fell into three categories: pimps, renegades, and street kids. Although the Bay Area site saw the highest percentage of youth working with pimps (29%) as compared to the other five sites in the study, the large majority of those interviewed were identified as “renegades”—a term used to describe individuals who work on their own without anyone to facilitate their involvement in the sex trade. 

    Parent Support, Human Trafficking, Human Trafficking, Youth Initiatives, Supporting Child Victims
  • Publication

    Experiences of Youth in the Sex Trade in Miami

    by David J. Maurrasse, Cynthia C. Jones, and Marga Incorporated

    This study of youth engaged in the sex trade in Miami, Fla. included 264 interviews with young people ages 13-24, nearly all of whom were black or Hispanic and from lower income backgrounds. Most of the respondents faced various social and economic challenges throughout their young lives, and engaging in the sex trade served as a way to support an insecure living situation. Many worked on the streets year-round, given Miami’s warm weather even in winter months.

    Parent Support, Human Trafficking, Human Trafficking, Youth Initiatives, Supporting Child Victims

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