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.
Next steps
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Source
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Areas of research interest relevant to the Home Office GOVUK
Related UKRI funded projects
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The Perpetrators of Modern Slavery Offences: Motivations, Networks and Backgrounds
Since the turn of the century, increasing international attention has focused on the problem of modern slavery. Policy development has nevertheless raced ahead of academic research on the subject, of which there is a gen...
Funded by: ESRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project aims to produce a better understanding of the motivations for committing modern slavery offences and the types of organizations, businesses, and services that enable offending through interviews with convicted offenders.
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Modern Slavery: Meaning and Measurement
This project has two key research aims. The first addresses the meaning of modern slavery. It is a study and analysis of how slavery is defined by different 'user groups', with the intention of bringing usability and cla...
Funded by: ESRC
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Survivors of Modern Slavery in Prisons: The Blind Spot of the UK Anti-Slavery Regime
This project examines whether the UK government has established an appropriate regime to identify and assist survivors of modern slavery in prisons in line with its international obligations and the responses to survivor...
Funded by: SPF