Proper Methodology and Methods of Collecting and Analyzing Slavery Data: An Examination of the Global Slavery Index

Andrew Guth, Robyn Anderson, Kasey Kinnard and Hang Tran
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Andrew Guth: Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center, School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs, George Mason University, USA
Robyn Anderson: Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center, School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs, George Mason University, USA
Kasey Kinnard: Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center, School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs, George Mason University, USA
Hang Tran: Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center, School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs, George Mason University, USA

Social Inclusion, 2014, vol. 2, issue 4, 14-22

Abstract: The Global Slavery Index aims to, among other objectives, recognize the forms, size, and scope of slavery worldwide as well as the strengths and weaknesses of individual countries. An analysis of the Index’s methods exposes significant and critical weaknesses and raises questions into its replicability and validity. The Index may prove more valuable in the future if proper methods are implemented, but the longer improper methods are used the more damage is done to the public policy debate on slavery by advancing data and policy that is not based on sound methodology. To implement proper methods, a committee of sophisticated methodologists needs to develop measurement tools and constantly analyze and refine these methods over the years as data is collected.

Keywords: Global Slavery Index; human trafficking; methodology; methods; slavery (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.17645/si.v2i4.195

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