IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jsoctx/v13y2023i2p38-d1059879.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Perceptions of the Benefits and Barriers to Anti-Human Trafficking Interagency Collaboration: An Exploratory Factor Analysis Study

Author

Listed:
  • Tonisha Jones

    (School of Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI 49504, USA)

Abstract

To effectively address human trafficking, it is increasingly recognized that anti-human trafficking efforts need to include a collaborative approach between agencies most likely to come into contact with human trafficking victims and offenders. While literature is available that discusses the benefits and barriers to such collaboration, there is limited empirical research on the topic. Surveying professionals engaged in anti-human trafficking interagency collaboration in a Midwest state in the United States, this exploratory factor analysis study explores their perceptions of the benefits and barriers to such collaboration. Based on the results, professionals’ perceived benefits and barriers to anti-human trafficking interagency collaboration, with capacity perceived as the underlying benefit and collaborative uncertainty, agency incongruence, an unfavorable collaborative environment, and inadequate problem framing perceived as the underlying barriers. These findings can inform anti-human trafficking interagency collaborative practice, leading to more successful collaborative outcomes. Future research should include a confirmatory factor analysis to validate the factor structure found in this study.

Suggested Citation

  • Tonisha Jones, 2023. "Perceptions of the Benefits and Barriers to Anti-Human Trafficking Interagency Collaboration: An Exploratory Factor Analysis Study," Societies, MDPI, vol. 13(2), pages 1-17, February.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsoctx:v:13:y:2023:i:2:p:38-:d:1059879
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/13/2/38/pdf
    Download Restriction: no

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/13/2/38/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Farrell, Amy & Fahy, Stephanie, 2009. "The problem of human trafficking in the U.S.: Public frames and policy responses," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 37(6), pages 617-626, November.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Kirsten Foot & Marcel Van der Watt & Elizabeth Shun-Ching Parks, 2023. "Special Issue “Frontiers in Organizing Processes: Collaborating against Human Trafficking/Modern Slavery for Impact and Sustainability”," Societies, MDPI, vol. 13(4), pages 1-3, April.
    2. Marcel Van der Watt, 2023. "Discouraging the Demand That Fosters Sex Trafficking: Collaboration through Augmented Intelligence," Societies, MDPI, vol. 13(4), pages 1-21, April.
    3. Andrea Nichols & Sarah Slutsker & Melissa Oberstaedt & Kourtney Gilbert, 2023. "Team Approaches to Addressing Sex Trafficking of Minors: Promising Practices for a Collaborative Model," Societies, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-20, March.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Ronald Weitzer, 2014. "New Directions in Research on Human Trafficking," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 653(1), pages 6-24, May.
    2. Alexander Norfolk & Helga Hallgrimsdottir, 2019. "Sex Trafficking at the Border: An Exploration of Anti-Trafficking Efforts in the Pacific Northwest," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 8(5), pages 1-18, May.
    3. Pate, Symone S. & Anderson, Valerie R. & Kulig, Teresa C. & Wilkes, Nicole & Sullivan, Christopher J., 2021. "Learning from child welfare case narratives: A directed content analysis of indicators for human trafficking," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 121(C).
    4. Konrad, Renata A. & Trapp, Andrew C. & Palmbach, Timothy M. & Blom, Jeffrey S., 2017. "Overcoming human trafficking via operations research and analytics: Opportunities for methods, models, and applications," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 259(2), pages 733-745.
    5. de Vries, Ieke & Farrell, Amy & Bouché, Vanessa & Wittmer-Wolfe, Dana E., 2020. "Crime frames and gender differences in the activation of crime concern and crime responses," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 66(C).
    6. Paul Oluwatosin Bello & Adewale A. Olutola, 2022. "Effective Response to Human Trafficking in South Africa: Law as a Toothless Bulldog," SAGE Open, , vol. 12(1), pages 21582440211, January.
    7. Motseki Morero, 2022. "Police perceptions of human trafficking in South Africa," Technium Social Sciences Journal, Technium Science, vol. 27(1), pages 824-836, January.
    8. Konrad, Renata A. & Maass, Kayse Lee & Dimas, Geri L. & Trapp, Andrew C., 2023. "Perspectives on how to conduct responsible anti-human trafficking research in operations and analytics," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 309(1), pages 319-329.
    9. Byung-Deuk Woo, 2022. "The Impacts of Gender-Related Factors on the Adoption of Anti-Human Trafficking Laws in Sub-Saharan African Countries," SAGE Open, , vol. 12(2), pages 21582440221, May.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jsoctx:v:13:y:2023:i:2:p:38-:d:1059879. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.