eprintid: 1551699
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creators_name: Cockbain, EP
creators_name: Brayley-Morris, H
title: Human trafficking and labour exploitation in the casual construction industry: An analysis of three major investigations in the United Kingdom involving Irish Traveller offending groups
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divisions: UCL
divisions: B04
divisions: C05
divisions: F52
note: The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press.
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abstract: Human trafficking and modern slavery are routinely framed as key threats facing society. Despite increased media, policy, and practitioner attention the evidence base remains underdeveloped. The numerous knowledge gaps include a lack of empirical studies and research into labour trafficking. Since labour trafficking is a complex and varied phenomenon, we chose to explore one subset of it in a systematic, detailed, and empirical fashion. Our focus was exploitation in the casual construction industry in the UK perpetrated by Irish Traveller offending groups. We used hard-to-reach data from three major police investigations, namely operational case files and interviews with senior investigating officers. Taking a qualitative approach, we disentangled behaviours and dynamics across three major stages in the trafficking process: recruitment, control, and exploitation. We identified key challenges associated with investigating this crime. In discussing our study’s implications for research, policy, and practice, we also include officers’ recommendations for future cases.
date: 2018-06-01
publisher: Oxford University Press
official_url: http://doi.org/10.1093/police/pax032
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
article_type_text: Article
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elements_id: 1289185
doi: 10.1093/police/pax032
lyricists_name: Cockbain, Eleanor
lyricists_id: EPCOC60
actors_name: Cockbain, Eleanor
actors_name: Laslett, David
actors_id: EPCOC60
actors_id: DLASL34
actors_role: owner
actors_role: impersonator
full_text_status: public
publication: Policing: A Journal Of Policy And Practice
volume: 12
number: 2
pagerange: 129-149
issn: 1752-4512
citation:        Cockbain, EP;    Brayley-Morris, H;      (2018)    Human trafficking and labour exploitation in the casual construction industry: An analysis of three major investigations in the United Kingdom involving Irish Traveller offending groups.                   Policing: A Journal Of Policy And Practice , 12  (2)   pp. 129-149.    10.1093/police/pax032 <https://doi.org/10.1093/police%2Fpax032>.       Green open access   
 
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