A multi-site data sample for analyzing the online commercial sex ecosystem

NK Freeman, GJ Bott, BB Keskin, TL Marcantonio - Scientific Data, 2025 - nature.com
Online sex advertisements (sex ads) have been linked to many US sex trafficking cases.
However, since the closure of the dominant website, Backpage. com (Backpage), many …

(Messy) Big Data for Social Good

P Ramchandani - 2024 - search.proquest.com
The goal of this work is to develop algorithmic approaches that tackle complex social
problems. All three projects included in the dissertation start with large-scale messy datasets …

Industrial and organizational psychology and human trafficking: Harnessing the potential for proactivity, prediction, and prevention.

MJ Mills, LM Tortez, R Blanton, BB Keskin, GJ Bott… - 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Over the past 2 decades, human trafficking has become an increasing problem. However,
during that time, great strides have also been made in better understanding and …

The fight against sex trafficking

GJ Bott, NK Freeman, JJ Cochran, BB Keskin - Significance, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Monitoring online ads, social media and other internet activities can help identify and rescue
victims of this murky, complex crime. Nickolas K. Freeman, Gregory J. Bott, Burcu B. Keskin …

A Transdisicplinary, Survivor-Centered Approach for Creating A System Dynamics Model Of Closed-Buyer Sex Trafficking Networks

K Yow - 2024 - search.proquest.com
One of the largest drivers of sex trafficking operations is the demand for commercial sex. To
date, research from a quantitative side typically focuses on understanding how to best …