Globally, millions of individuals are victims of sex trafficking and are compelled to perform sexual acts through force, fraud, or coercion. Law enforcement agencies, non-profit organisations, and social entrepreneurs increasingly are using information technology as a resource to locate, identify, and rescue victims and find, arrest, and convict traffickers. In this qualitative case study, we partnered with a non-profit organisation that trains law enforcement officers to use information technology to counter sex trafficking. For this research study, we observed training courses, interviewed law enforcement officers and non-profit staff, and reviewed technology usage logs and other data sources. Some officers readily used the new information technology post-training, while others failed to use the new technology. Using conservation of resources theory as a sensitising lens, we identify two factors affecting the use of new technology post-training: the level of organisational resources available to individuals and the individual's perceptions of the new information technology as a resource. With these findings, we develop the Resources Model of Information Technology Use to explain how perceptions of organisational and technology resources affect information technology usage patterns and outcomes.

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信息技术作为打击美国国内性交易的资源

在全球范围内，数以百万计的人成为性交易的受害者，被迫通过武力、欺诈或胁迫进行性行为。执法机构、非营利组织和社会企业家越来越多地使用信息技术作为定位、识别和营救受害者以及发现、逮捕和定罪贩运者的资源。在这个定性案例研究中，我们与一个非营利组织合作，该组织培训执法人员使用信息技术打击性交易。对于这项研究，我们观察了培训课程，采访了执法人员和非营利组织的工作人员，并审查了技术使用日志和其他数据源。一些人员在培训后欣然使用了新的信息技术，而其他人员则未能使用新技术。使用资源保护理论作为敏感镜头，我们确定了影响新技术培训后使用的两个因素：个人可用的组织资源水平和个人对新信息技术作为资源的看法。根据这些发现，我们开发了信息技术使用资源模型来解释组织和技术资源的感知如何影响信息技术使用模式和结果。