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'For the English to see' or effective change? How supply chains are shaped by laws and regulations and what that means for the exposure of modern slavery (2019)
Journal Article
Pinheiro, S. M., Emberson, C., & Trautrims, A. (2019). 'For the English to see' or effective change? How supply chains are shaped by laws and regulations and what that means for the exposure of modern slavery. Journal of the British Academy, 7(s1), 167-190. https://doi.org/10.5871/jba/007s1.167

'For the English to see' or effective change?-How supply chains are shaped by laws and regulations and what that means for modern slavery exposure Global supply chains cross and connect judicial systems, providing regulatory and legal frameworks in w... Read More about 'For the English to see' or effective change? How supply chains are shaped by laws and regulations and what that means for the exposure of modern slavery.

How might modern slavery risk in adult social care procurement be reduced? (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Emberson, C., & Trautrims, A. (2019, June). How might modern slavery risk in adult social care procurement be reduced?. Paper presented at Public Procurement Global Revolutions IX, Nottingham, UK

In its second interim report from the independent review of the UK Modern Slavery Act, the review committee recommended that Section 54: Transparency in supply chains (TISC) be extended to public authorities. This duty would apply to both products an... Read More about How might modern slavery risk in adult social care procurement be reduced?.

Investigating global supply chains for slave labour: Using external data for enhanced supply chain mapping (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Emberson, C., Croser, M., Gomes, M., Brasil, R., Brazil, J. N., Business, H., …Trautrims, A. (2019). Investigating global supply chains for slave labour: Using external data for enhanced supply chain mapping.

This paper presents empirical data of instances of slavery in Brazilian-UK beef and timber supply chains. We use this analysis, coupled with data related to the changes to supply chain practices reported by UK importers under the UK Modern Slavery Ac... Read More about Investigating global supply chains for slave labour: Using external data for enhanced supply chain mapping.

Complex linkages between forced labor slavery and environmental decline in marine fisheries (2019)
Journal Article
Decker Sparks, J. L., & Hasche, L. K. (2019). Complex linkages between forced labor slavery and environmental decline in marine fisheries. Journal of Human Rights, 18(2), 230-245. https://doi.org/10.1080/14754835.2019.1602824

Recent media attention on human rights abuses in the fishing sector, precipitated by undercover investigations from nongovernmental organizations and investigative journalists (e.g., Environmental Justice Foundation [EJF] 2014, 2015a, 2015b; Mendoza,... Read More about Complex linkages between forced labor slavery and environmental decline in marine fisheries.

Combating slave labour in productive chains: capability developments in Brazilian-UK timber and beef supply chains (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Emberson, C., Pinheiro, S., & Trautrims, A. (2019). Combating slave labour in productive chains: capability developments in Brazilian-UK timber and beef supply chains.

This paper presents an analysis of four supply chain initiatives that exemplify the development of capabilities in the detection and remediation of the risk of slave labour in the upstream supply chains of Brazilian companies supplying Brazilian timb... Read More about Combating slave labour in productive chains: capability developments in Brazilian-UK timber and beef supply chains.

The Voting Analytic Hierarchy Process revisited: A revised method with application to sustainable supplier selection (2019)
Journal Article
Pishchulov, G., Trautrims, A., Chesney, T., Gold, S., & Schwab, L. (2019). The Voting Analytic Hierarchy Process revisited: A revised method with application to sustainable supplier selection. International Journal of Production Economics, 211, 166-179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2019.01.025

© 2019 Elsevier B.V. Civil society increasingly holds focal companies accountable for ensuring socially and environmentally sustainable production standards among their supply base. These standards entail increased levels of complexity to be addresse... Read More about The Voting Analytic Hierarchy Process revisited: A revised method with application to sustainable supplier selection.

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.

An intersectionality-based analysis of high seas policy making stagnation and equity in United Nations negotiations (2019)
Journal Article
Sparks, J., & Silva, S. M. (2019). An intersectionality-based analysis of high seas policy making stagnation and equity in United Nations negotiations. Journal of Community Practice, 27(3-4), 260-278. https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2019.1647325

© 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This paper used an intersectionality-based policy analysis to critically dissect systemic power structures within the UN that likely contributed to marine policy making’s stagnation. An empirical analysis of UN o... Read More about An intersectionality-based analysis of high seas policy making stagnation and equity in United Nations negotiations.

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.