Human trafficking in the heartland: Variation in law enforcement awareness and response

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 296-313

  Wilson, Jeremy M ^a   Dalton, Erin ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Human trafficking; Labor trafficking; Law enforcement; Sex trafficking; Transnational crime

Indexed keywords

EID: 46249100101     PISSN: 10439862     EISSN: 15525406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043986208318227     Document Type: Article

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