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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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
Lead research organisation: University of Manchester
The project aims to produce a better understanding of the problem of modern slavery, including the prevalence, location, and nature of different types of modern slavery in the UK, through interviews with convicted perpetrators.
Modern slavery traps 40 million people worldwide, costs the UK economy between £3.3-£4.3bn a year and is described by the Prime Minister as "the great human rights issue of our time" . Despite the U...
Funded by: SPF
Lead research organisation: University of Oxford
The project specifically focuses on modern slavery in the UK, providing insight and analysis on the prevalence, location, and nature of different types of modern slavery.
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
Lead research organisation: University of Essex
The project examines whether the UK government has established an appropriate regime to identify and assist survivors of modern slavery in prisons, which can contribute partially to understanding the prevalence, location, and nature of modern slavery in the UK.