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Criminalising the Purchase of Sex: Lessons from Sweden

Criminalising the Purchase of Sex: Lessons from Sweden

Hardcover

CriminologyGeneral LawWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 0415739322
ISBN13: 9780415739320
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Aug 14 2014
Pages: 270
Weight: 1.22
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

In 1999, Sweden criminalised the purchase of sex whilst simultaneously decriminalizing its sale. In so doing, it set itself apart from other European states, promoting itself as the pioneer of a radical approach to prostitution. In the context of its continuing international influence, this book draws upon fieldwork undertaken in Sweden in order to explore the effects of these laws, and their justifying discourses, upon the dynamics of sex work and the lived realities of sex workers. It demonstrates that the Swedish model has failed in its ambition to demonstrably decrease prostitution and the dangers experienced by sex workers.

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