Characterizing sex trafficking in Pennsylvania for law enforcement

Nicklaus A. Giacobe; Jesse B. Altmire; Andrea E. Forster; Addie C. Jackson; Erik W. Raibick; James A. Reep; Rebecca Y. Tsang; Peter K. Forster

doi:10.1109/THS.2016.7568914

Characterizing sex trafficking in Pennsylvania for law enforcement

Nicklaus A. Giacobe
, Jesse B. Altmire
, Andrea E. Forster
, Addie C. Jackson
, Erik W. Raibick
, James A. Reep
, Rebecca Y. Tsang
, Peter K. Forster

College of Information Sciences and Technology

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Abstract

Human trafficking is a form of modern slavery that involves force, fraud, and coercion against individuals either into forced labor or to perform sexual acts, with sex slavery receiving significant attention over the past number of years. Human trafficking has been categorized as the third most profitable crime behind the drug and arms trades [1]. Our small research team of mostly undergraduate students is developing methodologies for law enforcement to examine sex trafficking in Pennsylvania. The goal is to define methods and tools to mine open source information that are effective at providing actionable intelligence to actively contribute to the understanding, characterization and ultimately to combat sex trafficking in the region.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2016 IEEE Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security, HST 2016
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509007707
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/THS.2016.7568914
State	Published - Sep 14 2016
Event	2016 IEEE Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security, HST 2016 - Waltham, United States Duration: May 10 2016 → May 11 2016

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Name	2016 IEEE Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security, HST 2016

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Other	2016 IEEE Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security, HST 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	Waltham
Period	5/10/16 → 5/11/16

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SDG 5 Gender Equality
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Safety Research
Computer Science Applications
Computer Networks and Communications
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Giacobe, N. A., Altmire, J. B., Forster, A. E., Jackson, A. C., Raibick, E. W., Reep, J. A., Tsang, R. Y., & Forster, P. K. (2016). Characterizing sex trafficking in Pennsylvania for law enforcement. In 2016 IEEE Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security, HST 2016 Article 7568914 (2016 IEEE Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security, HST 2016). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/THS.2016.7568914

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Characterizing sex trafficking in Pennsylvania for law enforcement. / Giacobe, Nicklaus A.; Altmire, Jesse B.; Forster, Andrea E. et al.
2016 IEEE Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security, HST 2016. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. 7568914 (2016 IEEE Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security, HST 2016).

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Giacobe NA, Altmire JB, Forster AE, Jackson AC, Raibick EW, Reep JA et al. Characterizing sex trafficking in Pennsylvania for law enforcement. In 2016 IEEE Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security, HST 2016. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2016. 7568914. (2016 IEEE Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security, HST 2016). doi: 10.1109/THS.2016.7568914

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