Professor Amy Farrell (Director and Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Co-Director of the Violence and Justice Research Lab & WGSS Affiliated Faculty Member) was featured in News@Northeastern about her research on the current issue of labor exploitation in the U.S. In this research investigation, Farrell and her colleagues spoke with 240 workers, who were also U.S. citizens, and discovered that 83 percent reported deception or lies from their employer, and experienced exploitative labor practices such as getting paid less than minimum wage.
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