Criminalising the purchase of sex : lessons from Sweden /
"In 1999, Sweden criminalized 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. What has come to be referred to as the Swedish model has now been...
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
2015
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : Sweden, a brief history of "The People's Home"
- Methodology
- The sexköpslagen : legal and discursive precedent
- Perceptions, understandings and constructions
- Levels and spaces of sex work in Sweden
- The Swedish model on service provision : the prostitution units and harm reduction
- The Swedish model on service provision : sex workers' experiences
- Compromised citizenship : outcomes of law, policy and discourse
- Conclusions : social exclusion in Sweden's "People's Home."