BJS has released the report Human Trafficking Data Collection Activities, 2024. This report details BJS’s continued efforts to examine options to modify its existing data collections and implement new approaches to report the data as required by the Combat Human Trafficking Act (CHTA) of 2015 (34 U.S.C. § 20709(e)). The CHTA requires BJS to prepare an annual report on human trafficking, including information on arrests, prosecutions, convictions, and sentences imposed.
The report summarizes BJS activities to assess the availability of data on human trafficking among criminal justice agencies at the federal, state, tribal, and local levels. In addition, it describes characteristics of human trafficking defendants in 2022 and provides data on human trafficking investigations and prosecutions by U.S. attorneys, human trafficking defendants convicted and sentenced to federal prison, and admissions to state prison for human trafficking.
Human Trafficking Data Collection Activities, 2024 (NCJ 309422) was written by BJS Statistician Amy D. Lauger. Danielle Kaeble and Mark Motivans, PhD, contributed to the report. The report, related documents, and additional information about BJS’s statistical publications and programs are available on the BJS website at bjs.ojp.gov.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice is the principal federal agency responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating reliable statistics on crime and criminal justice in the United States. Kevin M. Scott, PhD, is the acting director.
For more information on BJS's publications, data collections, data analysis tools, and funding opportunities, visit bjs.ojp.gov.
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