Trafficking or increasing penalties for types of trafficking of certain vulnerable “One encouraging thing is that when research shows there is a problem, the legislativeīodies have been extremely responsive passing laws that protect survivors of human Reid says the state is taking actionīy creating anti-human trafficking legislation. Its vulnerable youth and influx of travelers. Tampa Bay is considered a hotbed for child sex trafficking due to Those different groups and who are working with us to develop a system so they canįlorida currently ranks third in the United States based on the number of human trafficking “I have developed a group of strategic partners that represent all Professor and former Largo police officer who interviewed nearly 100 stakeholdersįor the TIP lab. “I have been working and building collaborations specifically with researchers andĬommunity practitioners to address issues of violence,” said Shelly Wagers, a criminology Trafficking, which helps organizations locate and access services quickly and efficiently. Since then, they have started projects that are bridging information gaps in human New research lab, whose goal is to make the region resilient to human trafficking. In 2019, Reid and her colleagues at USF received a $92,000 grant to establish the “As we were interviewing stakeholders, itīecame apparent that many of them were lacking data the data they needed to do their “As we began looking at this, we realized Florida does not have a unified data centerįor human trafficking,” Reid explained. Law enforcement agencies, by providing accurate data and resources about victims of The research lab helps stakeholders, including non-profit groups, legislators and Right trafficker, any person, any child can be manipulated into this.”

The conclusion that any kid is vulnerable. On child sex trafficking in Florida and is director of the TIP lab. Previously understood,” said Joan Reid, a criminology professor whose research focuses “We realized there was a much larger group of youth who were vulnerable to this than Research centers dedicated to studying the myriad impacts of sexual exploitation ofĬhildren in Florida and housed on the USF St. The Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Risk to Resilience Research Lab is one of the first Projects and recognized champions of anti-trafficking efforts in Florida. Lab devoted to studying human trafficking in the state. Petersburg campus to celebrate the grand opening of a research Researchers, legislators and law enforcement leaders came together at the University

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