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Research Proposal

Unit 3 Assignment

Renee C. Bridgeman

Purdue University Global

CJ525: Applied Research in Criminal Justice

Professor Carolee Larsen

October 12, 2021

Introduction

Human trafficking task forces are multidisciplinary teams that have been created to provide numerous services and resources to victims. The human trafficking task force is also responsible for investigating and prosecuting the individuals who participate in human trafficking. One of the cities with a human trafficking task force is the city of Phoenix in Arizona. This task force has had several success stories on the issue of human trafficking, where they have saved numerous victims and prosecuted a large number of individuals who participate in human trafficking (Fordyce, 2012). Although they have numerous successes, this task force has to deal with several challenges in their line of work.

Problem Statement

The Human Trafficking Task Force in Phoenix, Arizona, has had numerous successes fighting against human trafficking. However, this task force has to deal with numerous challenges, making it difficult to fight human trafficking effectively and efficiently (Fordyce, 2012). The study subjects will be members of the human trafficking task force in Phoenix, Arizona, and the study aims to start from January 2022 to July 2022. Therefore it is important to identify these challenges and provide recommendations on how to address them.

Research Design

This study is exploratory research that aims to explore the successes of the Phoenix Human Trafficking Taskforce and the challenges the task force is dealing with when investigating and prosecuting cases of human trafficking. The study's independent variables include tasks including communication between the task force members, allocated resources, coordination between security agencies, interviewing techniques, the willingness of victims to provide details, and lack of public education in identifying human trafficking victims. The dependent variable for the study is the success of the human trafficking task force in prosecuting, investigating, and identifying victims and perpetrators of human trafficking and the challenges that the Phoenix Human Trafficking Taskforce is facing (Farrell et al., 2019). The hypotheses for the study are:

First Article Title: Failing victims? Challenges of the police response to human trafficking.

The article investigates various factors that promoted effective response to cases of human trafficking and its victims. The independent variable in this study is promoting an effective response to human trafficking issues. The dependent variables include the barriers that undermine effective response to human trafficking issues (Farrell et al., 2019). The obstacles include poor communication, ignorance, or lack of information on what to do by human trafficking survivors, poor coordination among human trafficking agencies, and the challenge of differentiating individuals in sex work as perpetrators from human trafficking victims. The study aims to determine the significance of dependent variables on the independent variable. From the analysis, the effective response to human response issues is determined by eliminating all the barriers above.

Second Article Title: Policing human trafficking: Cultural blinders and organizational barriers

The study aimed at determining the influence that cultural binders and organizational barriers have on policing human trafficking. The barriers identified in the study which undermine policing human trafficking include broad public ambiguity concerning human trafficking. The barriers can lead to the unclear direction between lawmakers, the public, and the police leadership. Another barrier identified in the study is the lack of investigative culture and institutional and institutional structure that would allow the investigation of human trafficking (Farrell & Pfeffer, 2014). The independent variable in this study is human trafficking, and the dependent variables are the barriers are the cultural and organizational factors that undermine the investigation of human trafficking issues, such as lack of clear direction between lawmakers and the police and lack of institutional structure that would allow for the study of human trafficking cases.

Third Article Title: Identifying the unknown: Challenges and solutions to US human trafficking investigations

The study aims to determine challenges that police officers have to deal with in their fight against human trafficking (Fordyce, 2012). These issues include mistaken identity, inadequate resources to handle human trafficking issues properly, and poor interviewing procedures used during investigations with human trafficking victims. The independent variable in this study is the fight against human trafficking, while the dependent variable includes the challenges such as lack of resources, mistaken identity, and poor interviewing techniques that the police officer will have to deal with in the fight against human trafficking.

The study will identify the challenges that the task force is dealing with and provide recommendations for establishing policies that will help address the challenges that the task force is dealing with.

References

Farrell, A., Dank, M., de Vries, I., Kafafian, M., Hughes, A., & Lockwood, S. (2019). Failing victims? Challenges of the police response to human trafficking. Criminology & Public Policy, 18(3), 649-673.

Farrell, A., & Pfeffer, R. (2014). Policing human trafficking: Cultural blinders and organizational barriers. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 653(1), 46-64.

Fordyce, E. M. (2012). Identifying the unknown: Challenges and solutions to US human trafficking investigations. PublicINReview, 1(1), 23-32.