Regulating sex for sale : prostitution policy reform and the UK / edited by Jo Phoenix.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Phoenix, Joanna, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prostitution--Government policy--Great Britain.

Prostitution.

Prostitution--Law and legislation--Great Britain.

Prostitution--Law and legislation.

Prostitution--Government policy.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

ix, 197 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Policy, 2009.

Summary:

Recent years have seen a’quiet revolution’ in the way that the sex industry is regulated and governed. The consensus around what the problems of prostitution are has broken down and in its place a plethora of contradictory themes has emerged.

Regulating sex for sale examines the total package of reforms and proposals that have been introduced in this area since May 2000. Bringing together some of the most well-known writers, researchers and practitioners in the field, it provides a detailed analysis and critical reflection on the processes, assumptions and contradictions shaping the UK’s emerging prostitution policy. What are the unintended consequences of recent policies and how do they impact on the populations that they regulate? Do they contain any possibility for radical intervention and/or new ways of governing prostitution? The book described the impact these policies have on indoor sex workers, street-based sex workers, young people, men and those with drug misuse issues. It also looks at the assumptions made by policy makers about the various constituencies affected, including the communities in which sex work takes place.

This is the first book to address the contradictions in current policy on prostitution in England and Wales and will be of interest to academics, postgraduate students and policy makers in criminal justice, as well as in other areas, including children and young people, community safety and urban studies.

Contents:

1 Frameworks of Understanding / Jo Phoenix 1

2 What's anti-social about sex work? Governance through the changing representation of prostitution's incivility / Jane Scoular, Jane Pitcher, Rosie Campbell, Phil Hubbard, Maggie O'Neill 29

3 Community Safety, rights, redistribution and recognition: towards a coordinated prostitution strategy? / Maggie O'Neill 47

4 UK sex work policy: eyes wide shut to voluntary and indoor sex work / Teela Sanders 67

5 Out on the streets and out of control? Drug-using sex workers and the prostitution strategy / Margaret Melrose 83

6 Male sex work in the UK: forms, practice and policy implications / Mary Whowell, Justin Gaffney 99

7 Beyond child protection: young people, social exclusion and sexual exploitation / Jenny Pearce 121

8 From ‘toleration’ to zero tolerance: a view from the ground in Scotland / Ruth Morgan Thomas 137

9 Conclusion / Jo Phoenix 159.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781847421067

1847421067

1847421059

9781847421050

OCLC:

416296682