Research Guides: Human Trafficking: Overview

Human Trafficking Search Database
Provides resources on human trafficking and modern-day slavery around the world. Multiple languages available.
Trafficking Matters
Find articles, news and other resources to learn how to combat human trafficking.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
Conduct a keyword search in the upper right box to narrow a research idea. Find reports and other research to inform your topic.
Trafficking in Persons Report
Information from the U.S. State Department, including an annual Trafficking in Persons Report with country profiles.

Data Sets
US and international data and statistics about human trafficking.
Legal research
Databases and books for and about legal research on human trafficking.
Journals
List of human rights and human trafficking journals.
Websites
Human trafficking resources on the web.
Reports
Links to government and NGO reports on human trafficking.

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Statistical Sources
Find statistics by subject or location. Learn how to evaluate statistics.
Economics
Databases and recommended resources for Economics.
Human Rights
Databases and recommended resources for Human Rights research.
Women's and Gender Studies
Databases and recommended resources for Women's and Gender Studies.

Books

Modern Slavery by Siddharth Kara
Publication Date: 2017
Comprehensive background of the realities of modern-day servitude.
Sex Trafficking by Siddharth Kara
Publication Date: 2017
Explores mechanics of global sex trafficking business across four continents.
The Economics of Human Rights by Elizabeth M. Wheaton
ISBN: 9781138500150
Publication Date: 2018-09-28
This textbook provides an introduction to the microeconomic analysis of human rights utilizing economics as a lens through which to examine social topics including capital punishment, violence against women, seeking asylum, terrorism, child abuse, genocide, and hate.