Labor Trafficking in North Carolina: A Statewide Survey Using Multistage Sampling, 2014-2016 (ICPSR 36990)
These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collection and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed.
The study contains data from face-to-face interviews of 404 migrant farmworkers in North Carolina. The data was collected to produce reliable estimates of the prevalence of labor trafficking victimization among farmworkers in North Carolina. Additional objectives included improving the ability to identify potential trafficking cases as well as investigating the types of victimization migrant workers experienced.
This study includes one SPSS data file: LaborTraffickingNC_PUF.sav (140 variables, 404 cases). The study also includes three syntax files:
- Tables-1-6-code.sps
- Table-7-code.docx
- variable-creation.sps
Understanding What Works in the Successful Identification, Investigation, and Prosecution of Labor Trafficking Cases in the United States, 2021-2022 (ICPSR 39017)
This objective of this study was to identify promising practices in labor trafficking identification and response in five U.S. counties that have demonstrated innovation and commitment to addressing the problem of labor trafficking. Innovative strategies included dedicated labor trafficking investigators, specialized units within county district attorneys' offices, and a statewide multidisciplinary team approach that incorporates efforts to identify and respond to labor trafficking.
Through a review of closed case records and in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 73 anti-labor trafficking stakeholders, this study sought to investigate how labor trafficking came to be prioritized in these jurisdictions and how labor trafficking response is situated in the unique policy, legal, and cultural frameworks of each participating county. This project also explored the ways in which labor trafficking enforcement is understood and operationalized as distinct from sex trafficking enforcement and identifies the challenges addressing labor trafficking with which these five U.S. counties continue to struggle despite their prioritization and established frameworks. Research questions for this study were:
- Are there patterns in the characteristics of labor trafficking cases identified by law enforcement at the state and local level?
- How does the identification and investigation of labor trafficking cases differ from that of sex trafficking cases in terms of case characteristics, collaboration within and among agencies, case resolutions, and case outcomes?
- What are the features of successful labor trafficking investigations?
This collection contains case-level (DS1) and victim-level (DS2) data extracted from closed case records obtained from agencies involved in the study, and qualitative coding summaries containing direct quotes from the interview respondents (DS3). Due to disclosure risk, verbatim interview transcripts were not archived.