Evaluation Challenges and Strategies in Services for Victims of Human Trafficking

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract

Evaluations of programs designed to prevent human trafficking and serve trafficking victims remain rare. In addition to the typical challenges of program evaluation, evaluations of trafficking-focused programs must consider issues related to inconsistent program engagement, multiple program components, loosely defined interventions, ethical concerns in data collection with minors, programs’ reluctance to retain data that might be subject to subpoena, and uncertainty as to how to define and measure outcomes. This panel includes three presentations exploring these challenges and describing strategies. Papers will describe (1) collaborating with program staff on data collection; (2) longitudinal data collection with at-risk youth; and (3) refining and validating an instrument for evaluating outcomes in services to trafficking victims.

Sub Unit

• Area V. Types of Offending / 24. Human Trafficking

Individual Presentations

• Strategies for Using Program-collected Data in Multi-Site Evaluation of Services for Trafficking Victims - Rose Feinberg, RTI International; Kate Krieger, RTI International; Nakisa Asefnia, University of South Carolina; Jennifer Hardison Walters, RTI International; Marianne Kluckman, RTI; Deborah A. Gibbs, RTI International

• Following CSEC Survivors Longitudinally for Evaluation: Thoughts on Outcomes, Data Collection Procedures and Ethics - Emily Rothman, Boston University; Amy Farrell, Northeastern University; Jennifer Paruk, Boston University; Katherine Bright, Northeastern University

• What is “Success”? Defining Outcomes in Services for Trafficking Survivors - Cutbush Stacey, RTI International; Kate Krieger, RTI International; Samantha Charm, RTI International; Deborah A. Gibbs, RTI International