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Protecting the health and safety of female sex workers: the responsibility of all
Author(s) -
Sanders T
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01378.x
Subject(s) - punitive damages , sex workers , sex work , relation (database) , female sex , work (physics) , economic justice , criminal justice , criminology , key (lock) , public relations , sociology , business , psychology , political science , medicine , environmental health , law , engineering , computer security , family medicine , computer science , mechanical engineering , population , database , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , research methodology
Research and criminality on the sex industry is often generalised to that of the visible street based market. With wider reference to the indoor sex markets and drawing on key conclusions from Jeal and Salisbury (page 875), this commentary explores the current criminal justice framework that is driving sex work policy and the management of prostitution in the UK. The consequences of a punitive approach in relation to a complex and multi‐layered sex industry are assessed in relation to the role of health care workers.