Motivations for committing modern slavery offences, and types of organisations, businesses and services that enable offending.

Background

Crimes such as homicide and theft, and drugs such as heroin and cocaine have always been of public concern, and there has been a recent focus on areas such as child sexual abuse, modern slavery, new psychoactive substances, online fraud, and online indecent images of children.

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Related UKRI funded projects

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    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Manchester

    Why might this be relevant?

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    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Nottingham

  • Survivors of Modern Slavery in Prisons: The Blind Spot of the UK Anti-Slavery Regime

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    Funded by: SPF

    Lead research organisation: University of Essex

  • Identifying pathways to support British victims of modern slavery towards safety and recovery: A scoping study

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    Funded by: SPF

    Lead research organisation: St Mary's University Twickenham London

  • Policy and Evidence Centre for Modern Slavery and Human Rights

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    Funded by: SPF

    Lead research organisation: University of Oxford

  • GCRF Slavery Free Communities Network

    Modern slavery and human trafficking is estimated to affect more than 40 million people worldwide, yet despite widespread adoption of anti-trafficking legislation, sub-national policy responses are frequently fragmented ...

    Funded by: GCRF

    Lead research organisation: Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

  • Prevention of Modern Slavery within Sex Work: the role of Adult Services Websites

    The landscape of where modern slavery and sexual exploitation takes place has changed over the past decade with the onset of digital technologies dominating the organisation of the commercial sex industry. Adult Service ...

    Funded by: SPF

    Lead research organisation: University of Leicester

  • "Negating Humanity": Modern Slavery in its Historical Context and its Implications for Policy

    It is a frightening illustration of our times that it costs on average price an estimated $100 to buy a person. In the US in 1860, a slave cost $1,000 - some $20,000 today. By almost any indicator it would appear that sl...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: UNIVERSITY OF EXETER

  • The Impacts of COVID-19 on Modern Slavery in Transition: A Case Study of Sudan

    When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Sudan was in the midst of a democratic transition, involving the reconstruction of state institutions, development of new legislation and governing frameworks, and a commitment to ensuring...

    Funded by: SPF

    Lead research organisation: University of Nottingham