1) Start with Measurement
When we begin a new program to combat a specific form of violence in a community, we measure the prevalence of the crime we are targeting, and we assess how the justice system responds to it.
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We believe the children, families and communities we serve deserve the very best. We owe it to them – and to those who make our work possible – to ensure that our work is effective. That’s why we base the design and management of our programs on evidence we collect through rigorous documentation, monitoring and evaluation.
Here’s how it works:
When we begin a new program to combat a specific form of violence in a community, we measure the prevalence of the crime we are targeting, and we assess how the justice system responds to it.
Throughout our work in a community, we measure and analyze changes in how police, judges and other actors and institutions in the public justice system respond to the crime we are targeting. We also continue to assess how prevalent the crime is, watching for changes.
We use this critical information to ensure that the justice system’s response to the crime is truly improving, and that these improvements are actually making vulnerable people safer from the targeted form of violence – our ultimate goal.
We grow the impact by sharing what we’ve learned with key stakeholders in the communities where we work, and with audiences around the world.
| Author | International Justice Mission with 14 Implementing and Advisory Partners |
|---|---|
| Resource Type | Prevalence Study |
| Publication Date | May, 2020 |
| Country | Philippines |
| Subject | Online Sexual Exploitation of Children |
This summary report provides the highlights from the study into the nature and scale of OSEC in the Philippines. This study was led by IJM, in partnership with the Philippine Government and a variety of stakeholders, under the U.S.-Philippine Child Protection Compact (CPC) Partnership between the U.S. Department of State Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons and the Government of the Philippines.
| Author | International Justice Mission with 14 Implementing and Advisory Partners |
|---|---|
| Resource Type | Prevalence Study |
| Publication Date | May, 2020 |
| Country | Philippines |
| Subject | Online Sexual Exploitation of Children |
This report presents the results of a study into the nature and scale of OSEC in the Philippines. This study was led by IJM, in partnership with the Philippine Government and a variety of stakeholders, under the U.S.-Philippine Child Protection Compact (CPC) Partnership between the U.S. Department of State Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons and the Government of the Philippines.
| Author | International Justice Mission |
|---|---|
| Resource Type | Other Study Type |
| Publication Date | August, 2018 |
| Country | Multiple Countries |
| Subject | Forced Labour |
The second edition of IJM's Justice Review is a compendium of studies of forced, trafficked labor commissioned by International Justice Mission. This edition includes substantial summaries of full-length prevalence reports on bonded labor in Tamil Nadu and Bangalore, India; child labor slavery in Ghana; and trafficked labor in Thailand's fishing industry. It also includes studies of the capacity of the Cambodian and Thai governments' criminal justice systems to address labor trafficking. Links to the majority of the full-length reports are included.
| Author | International Justice Mission |
|---|---|
| Resource Type | Other Study Type |
| Publication Date | July, 2018 |
| Country | Philippines, Cambodia, Kenya |
| Subject | Sex trafficking, Land theft, Sexual Violence, Forced Labour |
A Journal on Protection and Justice for the Poor.
| Author | International Justice Mission |
|---|---|
| Resource Type | Crime Prevalence Study |
| Publication Date | May, 2018 |
| Country | Philippines |
| Subject | Child Sex Trafficking in Metro Manila |
A study measuring the prevalence of children in commercial sexual exploitation in Metro Manila, the Philippines.
| Author | International Justice Mission |
|---|---|
| Resource Type | Article or White Paper |
| Publication Date | August, 2017 |
| Country | Multiple Countries |
| Subject | Policy recommendations on child sexual assault, Sexual Violence |
By Holly Burkhalter, Senior Advisor for Justice System Transformation. Originally submitted to the World Health Organization as part of a WHO-UNICEF initiative to implement the anti-violence Sustainable Development Goals relating to children. This white paper describes IJM experience and learnings from its field offices which address the issue of sexual assault of children. It discusses child and victim-friendly processes throughout investigation and prosecution of child sexual assault and specific criminal justice capacities which are required to protect victims and deter predators.
| Author | Dr. Robin Haarr |
|---|---|
| Resource Type | Program Evaluation |
| Publication Date | August, 2017 |
| Country | Philippines |
| Subject | Sex trafficking |
Evaluation of the Program to Combat Sex Trafficking of Children in the Philippines: 2003-2015.
| Author | International Justice Mission |
|---|---|
| Resource Type | Other Study Type |
| Publication Date | November, 2016 |
| Country | Cambodia |
| Subject | Forced Labour |
A Review of the Public Justice System’s Response to Labour Trafficking in Cambodia.
| Author | Kirsten Singleton, Katrina B. Stone, Julie Stricker |
|---|---|
| Resource Type | Crime Prevalence Study |
| Publication Date | October, 2016 |
| Country | Ghana |
| Subject | Forced Labour |
The purpose of this baseline study was to document the scope and nature of child trafficking in Lake Volta’s fishing industry.
| Author | International Justice Mission |
|---|---|
| Resource Type | Crime Prevalence Study |
| Publication Date | October, 2016 |
| Country | Philippines |
| Subject | Child Sex Trafficking in Angeles City, Sex trafficking |
A study measuring the prevalence of children in commercial sexual exploitation in Angeles City, the Philippines.
| Author | Dr. Robin Haarr |
|---|---|
| Resource Type | Program Evaluation |
| Publication Date | December, 2015 |
| Country | Cambodia |
| Subject | Sex trafficking |
An evaluation of IJM’s 10-year program to combat sex trafficking of children in Cambodia.
| Author | International Justice Mission |
|---|---|
| Resource Type | Crime Prevalence Study |
| Publication Date | April, 2015 |
| Country | Dominican Republic |
| Subject | Sex trafficking |
A study measuring the prevalence of children in commercial sexual exploitation in the Dominican Republic.
| Author | International Justice Mission |
|---|---|
| Resource Type | Crime Prevalence Study, Public Justice System Performance Study |
| Publication Date | October, 2014 |
| Country | Uganda |
| Subject | Land theft |
A mixed-methods assessment in Mukono County, Uganda assessing the prevalence of land theft (property grabbing) from widows as well as the justice system response to the crime.
| Author | International Justice Mission |
|---|---|
| Resource Type | Article or White Paper |
| Publication Date | March, 2014 |
| Country | Uganda |
| Subject | Land theft |
Paper detailing a model to secure and protect widow and orphan land rights - presented at the World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty, March 2014.
| Author | International Justice Mission |
|---|---|
| Resource Type | Public Justice System Performance Study |
| Publication Date | August, 2013 |
| Country | Guatemala |
| Subject | Sexual Violence |
Indicators of practice, process and resolution in cases of child sexual assault nationwide.
| Author | International Justice Mission |
|---|---|
| Resource Type | Crime Prevalence Study |
| Publication Date | March, 2013 |
| Country | Cambodia |
| Subject | Sex trafficking |
A study measuring the prevalence of children in commercial sexual exploitation in three major Cambodian cities.
| Author | International Justice Mission |
|---|---|
| Resource Type | Public Justice System Performance Study, Other Study Type |
| Publication Date | March, 2013 |
| Country | Cambodia |
| Subject | Sex trafficking |
A stakeholder analysis of change in Cambodia, 2000-2012.
| Author | International Justice Mission |
|---|---|
| Resource Type | Article or White Paper |
| Publication Date | June, 2012 |
| Country | Multiple Countries |
| Subject | Sex trafficking |
By Holly Burkhalter, IJM's Senior Advisor on Global Advancement. Originally published in The Anti-Trafficking Review.
| Author | International Justice Mission |
|---|---|
| Resource Type | Article or White Paper |
| Publication Date | January, 2011 |
| Country | Philippines |
| Subject | Sex trafficking |
Summary of four years of IJM partnership with local justice system actors and other stakeholders in Cebu, the Philippines.
| Author | Andrew Jones and Associates |
|---|---|
| Resource Type | Impact Study |
| Publication Date | October, 2010 |
| Country | Philippines |
| Subject | Sex trafficking |
Assessment of five-year impact and change in the public justice system - Cebu, the Philippines.
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