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Vanessa Bouché

Assistant professor of political science, Texas Christian University

Vanessa Bouché is an assistant professor of political science at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth and co-author of the report, “Identifying Effective Counter-Trafficking Programs and Practices in the U.S.: Legislative, Legal and Public Opinion Strategies that Work.”

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Law and Order

Are our anti-human trafficking efforts working?

By Vanessa Bouché, April 7, 2016

While harsher criminal sentences for human trafficking might be an "easy sell" for state legislatures, new data suggests they do not produce law enforcement outcomes.