Roundtable: Pressing Research Questions in Human Trafficking for 2025: Identifying the Gaps

Session Submission Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract/Description

Research on various facets of human trafficking has grown tremendously over the last 25 years, particularly since the enactment of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 in the United States and the Palermo Protocol at the international level. The National Institute of Justice (NIJ), part of the Office of Justice Programs in the U.S. Department of Justice, is taking stock of what we have learned so far to identify the most pressing research questions and soliciting input from the field as part of creating a strategic research agenda.

Sub Unit

• Area XIV. Roundtables

Chair

• Kris Lugo-Graulich, National Institute of Justice

Individual Presentations

• Human Trafficking Research Gap Analysis - Rayna Enriquez, National Institute of Justice; Caralin Branscum, National Institute of Justice; Kris Lugo-Graulich, National Institute of Justice

Discussants

• Rebecca Pfeffer, RTI International

• Sara Gilmer, Office for Victims of Crime, US DOJ

• Colleen Owens, The WHY

• Amy Farrell, Northeastern University

• Sheldon Zhang, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Organized by a Division or external group?

National Institute of Justice