Exploring a New Data Platform for Research on Human Trafficking Investigation, Prosecution, Sentencing, Time Served, and Recidivism, United States, 2005-2013 (ICPSR 38186)
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Ryan Kling, Abt Associates
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR38186.v1
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This study uses data from the Bureau Justice of Statistics Federal Justice Statistics Program (FJSP) to provide a new platform for basic information about the prevalence and type of human trafficking cases that result in convictions for offenses. Case records, abstractions of federal offender Presentence Reports (PSR), and investigator and prosecutor interviews were analyzed to follow human trafficking cases through the criminal justice system from sentencing to conviction to time served to recidivism or community re-entry. PSRs were used to create a sample frame by selecting all cases that were sentenced from fiscal years 2006 through 2013 where human trafficking was indicated in the case filing statutes or at investigation, but not at case conviction and sentencing.
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This data collection may not be used for any purpose other than statistical reporting and analysis. Use of these data to learn the identity of any person or establishment is prohibited. To protect respondent privacy, this data collection is restricted from general dissemination. To obtain this file, researchers must agree to the terms and conditions of a Restricted Data Use Agreement in accordance with existing ICPSR servicing policies.
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To provide information on the prevalence and outcomes of human trafficking cases, from pre-sentencing to offender recidivism or community re-entry.
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For the 1st round of sampling researchers created a sampling frame for all sentenced cases between 1996-2013 where human trafficking was indicated in filing but not at conviction and sentencing, resulting in an initial sample stratified by labor trafficking and sex trafficking. PSRs for cases was coded for USSC guidelines.
For the 2nd round of sampling researchers resampled sex trafficking reports that hadn't been coded for child porn, and in doing this, randomly selected non-child porn cases.
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All federal human trafficking investigations, case filings, and their resulting conviction statutes and sentencing outcomes, found through the following federal statutes: Sex: 18:2421; 18:2422: 18:2423; 18:2424; 18:2425; 18:1591; 18;1594; 8:1328; Labor: 18:1581; 18:1584; 18:1589; and 18:1590. This study uses the FJSP data to identify the cases, and US Sentencing Commission data from the FJSP to access the Presentence Reports (PSRs).
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Dataset 1: description of offense, characteristics of the organization the offender belonged to, components of human trafficking for each case, criminal history dates, and arrest and conviction types.
Dataset 2: victim demographics and criminal history.
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Case-level weight and individual-level weights were used to describe case characteristics of these types of human trafficking cases that were convicted of other charges.
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