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Taking Back Control: Human Rights and Human Trafficking in the United Kingdom (2024)
Journal Article
Landman, T., Brewster, B., & Thornton, S. (2024). Taking Back Control: Human Rights and Human Trafficking in the United Kingdom. Societies, 14(4), Article 47. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc14040047

Modern slavery and human trafficking are well recognized as significant problems in need of legislation, policies, and actions from a wide range of stakeholders in the United Kingdom. The passage of the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 is a hallmark of the... Read More about Taking Back Control: Human Rights and Human Trafficking in the United Kingdom.

Covid-19, Vulnerability and the Safeguarding of Criminally Exploited Children (2022)
Report
Robinson, G., Brewster, B., Brotherton, V., Silverman, B., & Walsh, D. (2022). Covid-19, Vulnerability and the Safeguarding of Criminally Exploited Children. Economic and Social Research Council

This is the third briefing from research investigating the impacts of Covid-19 on child criminal exploitation and County Lines. Findings indicate that restrictions introduced in response to the pandemic have hindered the ability of youth workers to s... Read More about Covid-19, Vulnerability and the Safeguarding of Criminally Exploited Children.

Policing County Lines: Impact of Covid-19 (2022)
Report
Brewster, B., Robinson, G., Brotherton, V., Silverman, B., & Walsh, D. (2022). Policing County Lines: Impact of Covid-19. Economics and Social Research Council

The second briefing from ongoing research indicates that restrictions introduced in response to Covid-19 have forced adaptations in the methods used by County Lines drug supply networks and have impacted upon the ways law enforcement work to detect a... Read More about Policing County Lines: Impact of Covid-19.

Covid-19 and child criminal exploitation in the UK: implications of the pandemic for county lines (2021)
Journal Article
Brewster, B., Robinson, G., Silverman, B. W., & Wash, D. (2023). Covid-19 and child criminal exploitation in the UK: implications of the pandemic for county lines. Trends in Organized Crime, 26, 156-179. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12117-021-09442-x

In March 2020, the UK was placed in lockdown following the spread of the Covid-19 virus. Just as legitimate workplaces made changes to enable their employees to work from home, the illicit drugs trade also made alternative arrangements, adapting its... Read More about Covid-19 and child criminal exploitation in the UK: implications of the pandemic for county lines.