Sponsor
Portland State University. Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice
First Advisor
Christopher Carey
Term of Graduation
Spring 2025
Date of Publication
6-2-2025
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (M.S.) in Criminology and Criminal Justice
Department
Criminology and Criminal Justice
Language
English
Subjects
education and training, human trafficking, psychiatric hospital, risk factors, screening tool, social workers
Physical Description
1 online resource (vi, 67 pages)
Abstract
The prevalence of human trafficking continues to increase worldwide, and the implementation of human trafficking education and victim identification within institutions is slow to catch up. The Oregon State Hospital is a psychiatric in-patient hospital that currently does not provide human trafficking education or a screening tool for staff and does not know how to provide treatment to trafficked victims. Interviews were conducted with employed social workers at the Oregon State Hospital to obtain a baseline understanding of their previous education, training, and knowledge of human trafficking to aid in the creation of a trafficking screening tool. Results indicate participants have a rudimentary knowledge about human trafficking and unknowingly identified risk factors for domestic violence and sexual assault that also overlap with human trafficking. Participant confidence in identifying and reporting signs of human trafficking is low compared to identifying and reporting signs of domestic violence and sexual assault; however, more referrals and resources were listed for human trafficking compared to domestic violence and sexual assault. The creation and implementation of human trafficking education, training, and screening tool at the Oregon State Hospital could increase social worker confidence and improve victim identification to then provide patients with the necessary person- centered, trauma-informed care for competency restoration. If the goal of treatment is competency restoration, social workers must have the necessary education, training, and tools to treat the entire patient--especially those that frequently go unseen, like human trafficking survivors.
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Recommended Citation
Pryde, Jamie Sue, "Evaluation of Social Worker Knowledge of Human Trafficking at the Oregon State Hospital: A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Education, Training, and Victim Identification" (2025). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 6841.