Legal and Ethical Issues in Data Collection on Trafficking in Persons

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Discussions about human trafficking data sometimes seem surprisingly abstract, as if research is most centrally about counting things from some distance: approximating “head counts” of global prevalence, formulating statistics, calculating metrics or constructing maps to illustrate geographic “hot-spots”, “routes” or “hubs”. All of these exercises, done well, can play a role in contributing to our understanding of human trafficking. But, even at their best, they are only a partial path to improved understanding and, moreover, sometimes seem to obscure the fact that human trafficking is, first and foremost, about human beings.

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Preventing human trafficking: Positive Deviance methodology in practice

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This document discusses experiences in developing and implementing a trafficking prevention project in a town in Albania, inspired by and drawing on a particular approach to behavioural and social change called “positive deviance” (PD). It is intended as a resource for practitioners working in the field of trafficking prevention and it is hoped that it can be useful for others who are considering implementing a similar approach or methodology.

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On the Frontlines: Operationalizing Good Practice in TIP Data Collection

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Combatting trafficking in persons (TIP) requires evidence-based knowledge – to effectively target prevention efforts, design appropriate protection interventions or pursue effective prosecutions. This requires methodologically rigorous, reliable and ethical data collection as well as objective and insightful analysis and use of that data. It also requires guarding against weak or faulty data, which has the potential to cause disproportionate harm, including to trafficking victims, when used to design or support ill-conceived and ungrounded public policy and programmatic interventions on TIP.

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