Community Safety & Security Evaluation Lab (CSSE-Lab)
The Community Safety & Security Evaluation Lab (CSSE-Lab) focuses on the evaluation of programs designed to prevent violence and improve community safety.
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Human Trafficking Prevention Programs
The CSSE-Lab is conducting evaluation studies in the field of human trafficking sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of Justice. The CSSE-Lab works closely with government officials, community-based organizations and survivors to understand how to raise awareness about this crime and how to empower first responders in recognizing and supporting potential victims.
Specific products developed by the CSSE-Lab team are linked below:
The CSSE-Lab is conducting evaluation studies to assess the impact of human trafficking awareness campaigns. More specifically, the CSSE-Lab has focused on the evaluation of the Blue Campaign and its impact on human trafficking awareness on first responders and school personnel. The video below provides a summary of a typical evaluation study on this topic conducted by the CSSE-Lab team.
The CSSE-Lab has conducted a systematic literature review to identify existing instruments designed to support first responders in recognizing potential instances of human trafficking. The instruments have been categorized and archived in the Human Trafficking Recognition Library that can be accessed using the link below.
- E. Savoia, M. Su, A. Leffler, D. Hughes, W. Spurrell, M. Tejan & A. Montrond (2023) A Quasi-Experimental Intervention Trial to Test the Efficacy of a Human Trafficking Awareness Campaign: The Blue Campaign, Journal of Human Trafficking, DOI: 10.1080/23322705.2023.2216094
- Savoia E, Piltch-Loeb R, Muibu D, Leffler A, Hughes D, Montrond A. Reframing human trafficking awareness campaigns in the United States: goals, audience, and content. Front Public Health. 2023 Aug 4; 11:1195005. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1195005. PMID: 37637829.
- Savoia E, Liu A, Leffler A, Nadril Churchill LK, Su M. Raising Awareness about Sex Trafficking among School Personnel. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2024 Jul 26;21(8):978. doi: 10.3390/ijerph21080978. PMID: 39200590; PMCID: PMC11353934. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.