Allison Redlich, Professor, Criminology, Law and Society, and Jodi Quas, Professor of Psychological Science and Nursing Science at the University of California, Irvine, are working to understand the best ways to question victims of human trafficking.
For this project, they will conduct an anonymous survey of federal, state, and local law enforcement's experiences, as well as their needs and challenges when questioning such victims. They will examine experiences with victim evasiveness and interviewing strategies designed to overcome that evasiveness. They will also identify gaps in law enforcement's knowledge that can be resolved via additional resources.
Upon completion of their work, the researchers will use their findings to develop trainings on questioning trafficking victims. They will make a downloadable set of recommendations available for those who need it.
The researchers received $200,679 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for this work. Funding began in July 2020 and will end in late June 2021.
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