Research on human trafficking to date reveals certain limitations. First, little empirical research exists that focuses specifically on analyzing occurrences of human-trafficking incidents. Second, investigations of disaggregated data on persons and circumstances remain rare. As a consequence, who does what to whom, and how often, remains unclear. This is problematic
The Emergence of EU Criminal Law is a timely edition to the scholarship on law in the digital age and will prove useful to students and legal practitioners. While it may lie outside the scope of the current work, I look forward to future empirical analysis on the effects of these laws on criminal apprehension and prosecution. As the laws discussed in the book are still nascent, many only coming into play a couple of years after the turn of the century or later, research has not fleshed out the impact of the laws on law enforcement practice and outcomes. As a decade has now passed from many of these laws, others can use this work to sculpt research efforts in this area. Further, it would be interesting to know the impact of harmonization of European law and if, in fact, harmonization has improved prosecution efforts. Surely, the work by Summers and her colleagues will inform a new generation of legal scholars and direct academic work for years to come.
Chapter 3 discusses the political conflicts between the residents of Meacham Park and the larger Kirkwood community. These conflicts are exacerbated by differences in economic and political power between these two groups of citizens. Boyles' inclusion of this relatively short chapter is important because it demonstrates that the conflict does not solely involve the police department.In Chapter 4, Boyles tells the story of two tragedies that grew from years of '' . . . denial, negligence, and in some instances revenge by . . . affluent, white government officials'' (p. 134). These events were both shootings, one in July 2005, and the other in August 2008. One shooting led
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