Shifting Sands: A Comparison of Prostitution Regimes Across Nine Countries – CWASU
This report published by the Child & Woman Abuse Studies Unit in 2009 provides an update to the 2003 report on 4 countries for Glasgow City Council (Bindel and Kelly, 2004) and expands the focus by comparing legal and policy positions on prostitution in Australia, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, South Africa and Sweden.
Available to download as at PDF file (714Kb) from http://www.crimereduction.homeoffice.gov.uk/crimereduction052a.pdf
As part of the Home Office’s Review to explore what further can be done to tackle the demand for prostitution two projects were commissioned to help inform the thinking around tackling the demand for prostitution: a Rapid Evidence Assessment (REA) of the published research literature and an assessment of legislation and policy in selected countries.
Researchers from the University of Huddersfield were commissioned to conduct a Rapid Evidence Assessment (REA) of the published research literature in a selected number of countries, including the United Kingdom (UK) to answer specific questions about the characteristics of the people who procure sex, the context and setting for procuring sex, the related reasons, drivers and motivations and what has been tried elsewhere to deter or hinder those who procure sex and what works in tackling demand for prostitution.
To complement the review of the research evidence based: Tackling the Demand for Prostitution: A Rapid Assessment of the published research literature the Home Office commissioned academics from the Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit at the London Metropolitan University legislation and policy in a selected number of countries,