Citation

Fry LJ. Int. J. Crim. Justice Sci. 2009; 4(2): 118-130.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University)

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Abstract

Human trafficking has been recognized as a global phenomenon and has been included by the United Nations as one major protocol in its war to stamp out transnational crime. This paper builds on earlier studies that have taken a global perspective in the attempt to identify the factors that predict human trafficking at the country level. In the search to determine the possible directions for future research provided by those studies, this research returned to a more basic question, namely, "What has been the effects on human trafficking for countries that have become parties to the UN's Trafficking Protocol?" This study suggests that examining the effects of the protocol on human trafficking is best approached through the adoption of a program evaluation framework, beginning with the process evaluation phase at the country level. The conclusion is that current studies have only begun to look at results of process evaluations and studies need to build on country level evaluations in order to begin to understand the effects of the Human Trafficking Protocol on signatories.