This book examines international counter-trafficking scholarship and policy and calls for specific forms of research to better understand and respond to the range of exploitative practices and conditions that give rise to human trafficking.

Marie Segrave is an Associate Professor in Criminology at Monash University and leads the Traffi cking and Labour Exploitation research agenda of the Border Crossing Observatory.She is also an ARC DECRA Fellow researching unlawful migrant labour, exploitation and regulation (2014-2018).

Sanja Milivojevic is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at La Trobe University. Her primary research interest is migration and borders. Sanja's latest book Sexting and Young People is published by Palgrave (with Crofts, Lee and McGovern).

Sharon Pickering is Professor of Criminology and Head of the School of Social Sciences at Monash University. She is co-director of the Border Crossing Observatory and author of 14 books.

1. Introduction, 2. Search and 'Rescue', 3. In Pursuit of Justice: Identifying victims within the criminal justice system, 4. In the Care of the State, 5. Prosecution, 6. Beyond the Criminal Justice Process: The return 'home', 7. Conclusion