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How Many Trafficked People Are There in Greater New Orleans? Lessons in Measurement (2019)
Journal Article
Bales, K., Murphy, L. T., & Silverman, B. W. (2020). How Many Trafficked People Are There in Greater New Orleans? Lessons in Measurement. Journal of Human Trafficking, 6(4), 375-387. https://doi.org/10.1080/23322705.2019.1634936

Researchers in the field of modern slavery and human trafficking have faced significant challenges in estimating the prevalence of victimization since the emergence of the field in the 1990s. 1 Human trafficking is a hidden crime, which for several r... Read More about How Many Trafficked People Are There in Greater New Orleans? Lessons in Measurement.

Analysing Slavery through Satellite Technology: How Remote Sensing Could Revolutionise Data Collection to Help End Modern Slavery (2019)
Journal Article
Jackson, B., Bales, K., Owen, S., Wardlaw, J., & Boyd, D. S. (2019). Analysing Slavery through Satellite Technology: How Remote Sensing Could Revolutionise Data Collection to Help End Modern Slavery. Journal of Modern Slavery, 4(2), 169-199

An estimated 40.3 million people are enslaved globally across a range of industries. Whilst these industries are known, their scale can hinder the fight against slavery. Some industries using slave labour are visible in satellite imagery, including m... Read More about Analysing Slavery through Satellite Technology: How Remote Sensing Could Revolutionise Data Collection to Help End Modern Slavery.