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Collaborating to identify, recover and support victims of modern slavery (2018)
Journal Article
Brewster, B. (2018). Collaborating to identify, recover and support victims of modern slavery. Journal of Modern Slavery, 4(2), 200-224

This article presents findings from a series of case studies into the impact of multiagency anti-slavery partnerships in the UK. The research draws upon empirical evidence from a number of geographic regions as the basis of a comparative analysis inv... Read More about Collaborating to identify, recover and support victims of modern slavery.

Reasserting Agency: Procedural Justice, Victim-Centricity, and the Right to Remedy for Survivors of Slavery and Related Exploitation (2018)
Journal Article
Schwarz, K., & Geng, J. (2018). Reasserting Agency: Procedural Justice, Victim-Centricity, and the Right to Remedy for Survivors of Slavery and Related Exploitation. Journal of Modern Slavery, 4(2), 93-120

One of the biggest failings of contemporary regimes governing human exploitation is their treatment of ‘victims’. This paper roots narratives of victimhood and agency in the legal frameworks through analysis of the right to effective remedy in human... Read More about Reasserting Agency: Procedural Justice, Victim-Centricity, and the Right to Remedy for Survivors of Slavery and Related Exploitation.

The unbanked and poverty: predicting area-level socio-economic vulnerability from M-Money transactions (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Engelmann, G., Smith, G., & Goulding, J. (2018). The unbanked and poverty: predicting area-level socio-economic vulnerability from M-Money transactions.

Emerging economies around the world are often characterized by governments and institutions struggling to keep key demographic data streams up to date. A demographic of interest particularly linked to social vulnerability is that of poverty and socio... Read More about The unbanked and poverty: predicting area-level socio-economic vulnerability from M-Money transactions.

A full freedom: Contemporary survivors' definitions of slavery (2018)
Journal Article
Nicholson, A., Dang, M., & Trodd, Z. (2018). A full freedom: Contemporary survivors' definitions of slavery. Human Rights Law Review, 18(4), 689-704. https://doi.org/10.1093/hrlr/ngy032

© 2018 The Author(s). This article examines key debates on the legal definition of slavery from the perspective of survivors. This group has previously not been included in the debates on slavery definitions. By drawing upon new interviews we have co... Read More about A full freedom: Contemporary survivors' definitions of slavery.

Repeat missing child reports in Wales (2018)
Journal Article
Hutchings, E., Browne, K. D., Chou, S., & Wade, K. (2019). Repeat missing child reports in Wales. Child Abuse and Neglect, 88, 107-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.11.004

Background: There were approximately 306,000 reports of missing persons in the UK from 2012 to 2013, 64% involved children. Repeat missing incidents account for approximately 38% of reported missing incidences. Within their research Biehal et al. (20... Read More about Repeat missing child reports in Wales.

Esclavages contemporaines (2018)
Book Chapter
Bales, K. (2018). Esclavages contemporaines. In P. Savidan (Ed.), Dictionnaire des inégalités et de la justice socialePresses Universitaires de France

Reparations for the transatlantic slave trade and historical enslavement: Linking past atrocities with contemporary victim populations (2018)
Journal Article
Moffett, L., & Schwarz, K. (2018). Reparations for the transatlantic slave trade and historical enslavement: Linking past atrocities with contemporary victim populations. Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, 36(4), 247-269. https://doi.org/10.1177/0924051918801612

The debate around reparations for the transatlantic slave trade has been discussed for centuries with no end in sight. This article does not intend to cover the historical or political aspects of this debate, but instead to shed more light on the leg... Read More about Reparations for the transatlantic slave trade and historical enslavement: Linking past atrocities with contemporary victim populations.

Policing the Community Together: The Impact of Technology on Citizen Engagement (2018)
Book Chapter
Brewster, B., Gibson, H., & Gunning, M. (2018). Policing the Community Together: The Impact of Technology on Citizen Engagement. In G. Leventakis, & M. Haberfeld (Eds.), Societal Implications of Community-Oriented Policing and Technology (91-102). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89297-9_11

Despite broad and often varied underlying definitions, a common theme throughout community and neighbourhood policing strategies establishes the need to target improvements in the relationship and level of engagement between the police and the commun... Read More about Policing the Community Together: The Impact of Technology on Citizen Engagement.

Managers' perceptions of modern slavery risk in a UK health-care supply network (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Emberson, C. A., & Trautrims, A. (2018). Managers' perceptions of modern slavery risk in a UK health-care supply network.

In this paper we argue that, to fully understand managers’ perceptions of modern slavery risk in the context of a UK health-care supply chain, it is necessary to adopt a ‘labour’ supply chain lens that puts the employment relationship at the heart of... Read More about Managers' perceptions of modern slavery risk in a UK health-care supply network.

An analysis of inclusion gaps in sustainable development themes: Findings from a review of recent social work literature (2018)
Journal Article
Bexell, S. M., Decker Sparks, J. L., Tejada, J., & Rechkemmer, A. (2019). An analysis of inclusion gaps in sustainable development themes: Findings from a review of recent social work literature. International Social Work, 62(2), 864-876. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020872818755860

Recently, humans have negatively altered ecosystems more rapidly and extensively than in any other time in human history, contributing to gains in well-being and economic development for some, while threatening the security of most, particularly oppr... Read More about An analysis of inclusion gaps in sustainable development themes: Findings from a review of recent social work literature.