Center for Criminology and Public Policy Research

Identifying Human Trafficking Victims

Editorial Introduction

• Improving our approach to human trafficking, Mohammed Mattar, Shanna Van Slyke

Research Article

• Where are all the victims? Understanding the determinants of official identification of human trafficking incidents, Amy Farrell, Jack McDevit, Stephanie Fahy

Policy Essay

• Building the infrastructure of anti-trafficking: Information, funding, responses, Fiona David

Policy Essay

• Identifying child victims of trafficking: Toward solutions and resolutions, Elzbieta M. Gozdziak

Policy Essay

• Measuring the immeasurable: Can the severity of human trafficking be ranked? Kristiina Kangaspunta

Policy Essay

• Human trafficking: Policy, Barbara Ann Stolz

Crime Costs Across Offender Trajectories

Editorial Introduction

• Finding the path to optimal deterrence by tracking the path that leads to crime: An introduction to “Studying the costs of crime across offender trajectories,” David A. Anderson

Research Article

• Studying the costs of crime across offender trajectories,  Mark A. Cohen, Alex R. Piquero, Wesley G. Jennings

Policy Essay

• The costs of crime, Jens Ludwig

Policy Essay

• Offender trajectories, crime trends, and costs: An invited policy essay on studying the costs of crime across offender trajectories, Robert M. O’Brien

Juveniles’ Right to Counsel

Editorial Introduction

• Juvenile law reform: Ensuring the right to counsel, Donna M. Bishop

Research Article

• The right to counsel in juvenile court: Law reform to deliver legal services and reduce justice by geography, Barry C. Feld, Shelly Schaefer

Policy Essay

• Does having an attorney provide a better outcome? The right to counsel does not mean attorneys help youths, Kimberly Kempf-Leonard

Police Essay

• When a “right” is not enough: Implementation of the right to counsel in an age of ambivalence, Robert G. Schwartz, Marsha Levick

Forensic Evidence Processing

Editorial Introduction

• Forensic identification evidence: Utility without infallibility, Simon A. Cole

Research Article

• Unanalyzed evidence in law-enforcement agencies: A national examination of forensic processing in police departments, Kevin J. Strom, Matthew J. Hickman

Policy Essay

• The promises and pitfalls of forensic evidence in unsolved crimes, Kevin M. Beaver

Policy Essay

• An economic perspective on “Unanalyzed evidence in law-enforcement agencies,” E. James Cowan, Roger Koppl

Policy Essay

• Database-driven investigations: The promise – and peril – of using forensics to solve “no-suspect” cases,  Andrea Roth