Developing an effective criminal justice response to human trafficking: Lessons from the front line

International Criminal Justice Review

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 318-343

  Gallagher, Anne ^a   Holmes, Paul ^a  

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Author keywords

Comparative criminal justice; Human rights; Human trafficking; International law; Trafficking in persons; Transnational organized crime

Indexed keywords

EID: 49849085625     PISSN: 10575677     EISSN: 15563855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1057567708320746     Document Type: Article

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