Citation

Childress C, Farrell A, Bhimani S, Maass KL. Vict. Offender 2023; 18(3): 473-511.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2023, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/15564886.2022.2133036

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Law enforcement interventions continue to be the primary mechanism used to identify offenders and illicit businesses involved in human trafficking, yet trafficking continues to be a thriving international operation. We explore alternative mechanisms to disrupt illicit operations and reduce victimization through labor trafficking supply chains using supply chain disruption theory. Using a case study approach to examine one federally prosecuted labor trafficking case in the agricultural sector, we (1) extend criminological concepts of disruption by identifying sources and methods of disruption and (2) inform criminal justice system responses by presenting novel methods of assessing effectiveness of anti-human trafficking policies and programs.

Keywords

criminal networks; disruption; Labor trafficking; law enforcement intervention; supply chain