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12 Apr 2006 12:38:32
A leading expert in human trafficking has been attracting attention from academics across the world.
David Barrett, Professor of Applied Social Science at the University of Luton, has been contacted by a number of academics and institutions to tap into his expertise to support their research.
He recently helped Nechama Davies, a Master’s student at Tel Aviv University, to research her latest paper in child exploitation in Israel. This follows on from her research paper, Awake at Night, which addressed a therapeutic rehabilitation programme for sexually exploited children in Israel.
Professor Barrett said: “The sex industry and the exploitation of the vulnerable are not given a lot of media attention. Nechama has done some really positive research in this field and I was very happy to provide support and guidance in her work.”
In recent weeks, the senior academic also visited the Ministry of Justice Research Department in Finland with University colleagues to investigate the young offender custody rates among Finnish and UK adolescents.
He will next be travelling to southern Estonia to carry out research into partnership opportunities with the University of Tartu, as well as holding exploratory discussions regarding research opportunities.
Professor Barrett has written five books about human trafficking and regularly appears on television and radio programmes to provide his expert opinion. He has also acted as a consultant to voluntary and statutory sector agencies, chaired numerous research projects and spoken at many national and international conferences.
He has recently guest-edited Police Practice & Research: An International Journal 2006 and contributed the first paper in the journal The flesh trade in Europe which will be released later this year. In addition, he has provided guidelines to police officers on sex-trafficking.
He said: “This has been a busy year for me, and shows that more research is being carried out in this area, which is often seen as taboo and therefore overlooked or ignored. I am pleased to support research which will help combat this industry which is continuing to grow.”
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