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SUMMARY: Statistics and the fight against modern slavery - Professor Sir B
 ernard Silverman (University of Nottingham and University of Oxford)
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DESCRIPTION:Modern slavery takes many forms and has only in recent decades
  come to wide public and political consciousness.  The Modern Slavery Act 
 2015 consolidated a number of relevant offences\, and introduced a maximum
  penalty of life imprisonment.  The numbers of victims known to the author
 ities\, and of prosecutions\, have considerably increased in recent years\
 ,  but modern slavery persists\, both in the UK and worldwide.\n\nA number
  of different statistical approaches have been used in the fight against m
 odern slavery and other hidden crimes.  I will survey and explore some of 
 these\, and consider their role leading up to the Modern Slavery Act and i
 n subsequent developments.\n\nOverall I hope that the lecture will provide
  the opportunity to reflect more widely on what is the best appropriate st
 atistical contribution to what is an important and disturbing aspect of pu
 blic policy.  In particular there are broader questions about presenting s
 tatistical evidence in an area where there is so much uncertainty.  Should
  we follow George Box’s dictum that “all models are wrong\, but some a
 re useful”?  There are some (imperfect) analogies with Florence Nighting
 ale’s own work and campaign leading to the Public Health Act 1875\, whic
 h saved the lives of millions.\nSpeakers:\nProfessor Sir Bernard Silverman
  (University of Nottingham and University of Oxford)
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