This article examines the so-called “Nordic model” in action. Using feminist argumentation,
the model aims to abolish commercial sex by criminalizing the buying of sexual services …

While extensive literature documents how criminalisation harms sex workers' health and
rights, limited research has critically examined how interactions between criminal-justice …

Whilst it remains a criminal activity to solicit sex publicly in the UK, it has become
increasingly popular to configure sex workers as 'vulnerable', often as a means of …

The regulation of sex work continues to be a divisive topic in England and internationally.
Policies governing the policing of the sex industry in England are continually revised and …

Although the consent threshold remains fundamental to the demarcation of acceptable from
unacceptable forms of behaviour within contemporary sexual offences law and policy, there …

This paper explores the current approach to the interaction between policing and sex work
in England and Wales. It reviews the legal and policy context and outlines current policing …

Objectives To examine legal and social determinants of violence, anxiety/depression among
sex workers. Methods A participatory prospective cohort study among women (inclusive of …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the contemporary regulation of sex work in
England and Wales, placing this in the context of debates concerning morality, evidence and …

Previous research has shown that sex workers experience extremely high rates of
victimization but are often reluctant to report their experiences to the police. This article …

In this paper, I argue that the implementation of the “Swedish model”—the criminalization of
the purchase of sex—in Northern Ireland in 2014 provides an example of a morality-driven …