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Screening for Human Trafficking: Guidelines for Administering the Trafficking Victim Identification Tool (TVIT)

NCJ Number
246713
Date Published
Annotation
Intended primarily for victim services staff and other social service staff likely to have contact with victims of human trafficking, this manual provides guidance and instruction in the use of the Vera Institute of Justice’s Trafficking Victim Identification Tool (TVIT), which has proven to be a valid and reliable instrument for identifying male or female victims of labor and sex trafficking among both foreign-born and U.S.-born victims.
Abstract
This tool is designed for victim service providers and other providers to assist in identifying victims of human trafficking. Developed over the last seven years by the Vera Institute of Justice in collaboration with 11 victim service organizations in California, Colorado, New York, Texas and Washington, this NIJ-funded tool has been validated with a diverse sample of potential victims of trafficking and found reliable in predicting labor and sex trafficking.

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Human trafficking Sex trafficking Labor trafficking Victim service organizations Victims organizations Victim service providers Victim services Female victims New York Victim identification Vera Institute Victims Prosecution Law enforcement Victims of crime Justice system Victimization Information technology Courts Research National
Date Created: June 10, 2014

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Length: 37 pages

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