Galvanizing Local Anti-Trafficking Partnership Work Using Intelligence: Profiling the Problem and Building Resilience

Rinaldi-Semione, Juliana; Brewster, Ben

Abstract

Prior research has evidenced the importance of collaboration and multi-agency partnership work in responding to human trafficking in both the UK and US. Three previous key studies are synthesized in this paper. We situate multi-agency anti-trafficking collaborative work within conceptualizations of “resilience” and mechanisms by which to achieve it, and draw comparisons between the structure, organization, and activities of anti-trafficking partnerships in the UK and US. We present results, reflections, and discussion regarding the utility of local-problem diagnosis and multi-agency, using collaborative intelligence analysis as a mechanism to galvanize and organize local partnership action, resulting from action research conducted in one police force area. We posit the replication of this “problem profile” exercise as a mechanism for anti-trafficking collaborators to galvanize their aims and day-to-day efforts to make their communities resilient to human trafficking. We close by arguing for resilience as a framing for this mechanism and for local collaborative efforts.

Citation

Rinaldi-Semione, J., & Brewster, B. (2023). Galvanizing Local Anti-Trafficking Partnership Work Using Intelligence: Profiling the Problem and Building Resilience. Societies, 13(3), Article 61. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc13030061

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 2, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Mar 7, 2023
• Publication Date: 2023-03
• Deposit Date: Mar 3, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 3, 2023
• Journal: Societies
• Electronic ISSN: 2075-4698
• Publisher: MDPI
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 3
• Article Number: 61
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/soc13030061
• Keywords: Anti-trafficking; antislavery; multi-agency partnership; problem profile; resilience; task force
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/17944707
• Publisher URL: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/societies/special_issues/collaborating_against_human_trafficking
• Additional Information: This article belongs to the Special Issue Frontiers in Organizing Processes: Collaborating against Human Trafficking/Modern Slavery for Impact and Sustainability)