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Understanding the support needs of human trafficking victims: A review of three human trafficking support program evaluations

Understanding the support needs of human trafficking victims: A review of three human trafficking support program evaluations
Understanding the support needs of human trafficking victims: A review of three human trafficking support program evaluations
Human trafficking is a global crime and human rights violation that affects nearly every country of the world. Victims of human trafficking may suffer severe physical, psychological, and emotional health consequences as they are often subjected to a range of abuses such as physical violence, sexual assault, emotional abuse, mind-control, and torture. A variety of human-trafficking victim support programs exist in the United States and other countries that receive human-trafficking victims to support their immediate and longer-term needs. There is a dearth of contemporary literature on the subject of the support needs of human-trafficking victims. Further, due to a lack of publicly available program evaluations, little is also known about whether victim support programs are able to meet the needs of human-trafficking victims. This article aims to bridge a gap in knowledge and understanding of human-trafficking victims’ support needs and whether they are being met by support programs by reviewing three recent U.S.-based human-trafficking victim support program evaluations.
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Davy, Deanna
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Davy, Deanna
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Davy, Deanna (2015) Understanding the support needs of human trafficking victims: A review of three human trafficking support program evaluations. Journal of Human Trafficking, 1 (4), 318-337. (doi:10.1080/23322705.2015.1090865).

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Human trafficking is a global crime and human rights violation that affects nearly every country of the world. Victims of human trafficking may suffer severe physical, psychological, and emotional health consequences as they are often subjected to a range of abuses such as physical violence, sexual assault, emotional abuse, mind-control, and torture. A variety of human-trafficking victim support programs exist in the United States and other countries that receive human-trafficking victims to support their immediate and longer-term needs. There is a dearth of contemporary literature on the subject of the support needs of human-trafficking victims. Further, due to a lack of publicly available program evaluations, little is also known about whether victim support programs are able to meet the needs of human-trafficking victims. This article aims to bridge a gap in knowledge and understanding of human-trafficking victims’ support needs and whether they are being met by support programs by reviewing three recent U.S.-based human-trafficking victim support program evaluations.

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Published date: 8 December 2015

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Local EPrints ID: 506556
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/506556
PURE UUID: 61fa6bb2-09b9-450e-bf68-deff073687b7
ORCID for Deanna Davy: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0105-8787

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