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Estimating the Prevalence of Human Trafficking in the United States: Considerations and Complexities Proceedings of a Workshop (2020) / Chapter Skim
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Pages 53-56

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From page 53...
... He added that reproducibility studies can prove useful when confidentiality constraints prevent the sharing of data. Anonymization can allow data to be shared more broadly, but Banks said the amount of covariate information that is lost in the process can create major data deficiencies.
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From page 54...
... added that there is also ambiguity in the ways researchers approach trafficking; even experts sometimes have difficulty differentiating between labor and sex exploitation and trafficking. She said her research team at the Walk Free Foundation is working on ad hoc models that look at the most extreme forms of modern slavery and is working backward from there to better understand what actually constitutes trafficking.
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From page 55...
... said that hearing from actual survivors throughout the workshop enhanced the discussions and reminded the group of the importance of taking a victim-centered approach when researching such vulnerable populations. Dank echoed Damme's reminder and suggested working to include survivors in the data collection and research instead of merely engaging with them in a participant role.
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From page 56...
... In closing, a workshop staff person informed participants that representatives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and from the human trafficking division of the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program had commented through the webcast that they had been listening to the discussions throughout the workshop and had provided their contact information for follow-up on the topics relevant to their organizations.
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