@article{ref1,
title="Human trafficking and labour exploitation in the casual construction industry: an analysis of three major investigations in the UK involving Irish Traveller offending groups",
journal="Policing (Oxford)",
year="2018",
author="Cockbain, Ella and Brayley-Morris, Helen",
volume="12",
number="2",
pages="129-149",
abstract="Human trafficking and modern slavery are routinely framed as key threats facing society. Despite increased media, policy, and practitioner attention the evidence base remains underdeveloped. The numerous knowledge gaps include a lack of empirical studies and research into labour trafficking. Since labour trafficking is a complex and varied phenomenon, we chose to explore one subset of it in a systematic, detailed, and empirical fashion. Our focus was exploitation in the casual construction industry in the UK perpetrated by Irish Traveller offending groups. We used hard-to-reach data from three major police investigations, namely operational case files and interviews with senior investigating officers. Taking a qualitative approach, we disentangled behaviours and dynamics across three major stages in the trafficking process: recruitment, control, and exploitation. We identified key challenges associated with investigating this crime. In discussing our study's implications for research, policy, and practice, we also include officers' recommendations for future cases.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1752-4512",
doi="10.1093/police/pax032",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/police/pax032"
}