Preventing human trafficking and exploitation: evidence review
This evidence review aims to explore current understanding of approaches to preventing human trafficking and exploitation in the UK. It is part of a series of four evidence reviews. This paper provides insight on the potential merits of a public health approach.
Annex A: Search strategy
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Human trafficking modern slavery Labour exploitation commercial exploitation labour exploitation forced labour domestic servitude compulsory labour debt bondage wage theft labour abuse worker exploitation child labour exploitation child labour adult labour exploitation “(Social Media or Freestanding webpages) and labour exploitation” Criminal exploitation criminal exploitation county lines forced criminality drug trafficking child criminal exploitation adult criminal exploitation cannabis cultivation cuckooing grug gangs shoplifting gangs “Social Media or Freestanding webpage) and criminal exploitation” Sex Exploitation sexual exploitation sex trafficking sex trading forced prostitution commercial sexual exploitation adult commercial sexual exploitation child sexual exploitation child pornography online sex trafficking online sexual exploitation pornography lap dancing adult services websites” lover boy technique cybersex exploitation coerced livestreaming “(Social Media or Freestanding Webpage) and sexual exploitation” |
Prevent* intervene* treat* program* effective* evaluate* assessment protect* |
evidence review rapid evidence assessment rapid evidence review systematic evidence review |
Table 2 Databases searched
Scottish Government’s Knowledge and Evidence library:
Academic Search Ultimate
AGRIS
Archive of European Integration
ASTM Compass
Australian Public Affairs Full Text
Australian Research Data Commons
Biodiversity Heritage Library
BioOne Complete
Bloomsbury Collections
BMJ Clinical Evidence
British Library Document Supply Centre Inside Serials and Conference Proceedings
British Library EThOS
British Standards Online
Business Source Index
CAB Reviews
Canada Commons
Canadiana Online
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Credo Reference
Credo Reference: Academic Core
Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text
Digital Literacy
DigitalNZ
Directory of Open Access Books
Directory of Open Access Journals
eBook Collection
EcoLink
EduSearch
E-LIS
Emerald Insight
ERIC
European Union Open Data Portal
First Research
FT.com
GreenFILE
Informit Families and Society Collection
Informit Health Collection
Informit Humanities and Social Sciences Collection
JSTOR Journals
Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts
MEDLINE
Military and Government Collection
New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Online
Open Research Library
Oxfam Policy and Practice
Oxford Bibliographies
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Oxford Medicine Online
Oxford Reference
Oxford's Who's Who and Who Was Who
Political Science Complete
RePEc
SAGE Business Researcher
SAGE Knowledge
SAGE Research Methods
ScienceDirect
Sociology Source Ultimate
Teacher Reference Center
United Nations iLibrary
World Affairs Online
World Bank eLibrary
Government Social Research EBSCO
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
EconLit with Full Text
Sociology Source Ultimate
Table 3 Websites searched
World Health Organisation
UN
Council of Europe
UNODC
Google scholar
Table 4 Inclusion and exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria
Peer-reviewed academic articles and grey literature written in English that:
- Reported on any form of human trafficking and/or modern slavery or criminal, labour and sexual exploitation;
- Reported findings from studies in the UK, or discussed human trafficking in a global context that is directly relevant to or covers the UK (e.g. WHO, UN, Council of Europe, UNODC, GRETA).
- Discussed prevention of or responses to human trafficking and/or exploitation
- Were published since 2017
Exclusion criteria
- Literature published before 2017;
- Not written or translated into English;
- Exclusively reported findings from studies out with the UK.
Contact
Email: justice_analysts@gov.scot