Prostitutes: Victims of Law, Social Policy and Organised Crime (From Gender, Crime and Justice, P 43-56, 1987, Pat Carlen, Anne Worral, eds. -- See NCJ-127255)

• NCJ Number: 127258
• Author(s): S S M Edwards
• Date Published: 1987
• Length: 14 pages
• Sale Source: Open University Press
• Publication Type: Legislation/Policy Analysis
• Language: English
• Country: United Kingdom

Annotation

This analysis of prostitution in Great Britain emphasizes that prostitutes are victims of sexually repressive legislation and male exploitation and control and considers the impacts of prostitutes of current law, social policy, and organized crime.

Abstract

Since 1979 declining job opportunities and the reduction of welfare benefits have combined to increase the numbers of adolescent females and young mothers who have drifted into prostitution. At the same time, patterns of law enforcement have ensured that prostitutes who work the streets are subjected to incessant police harassment, while those operating elsewhere are controlled, exploited, and intimidated beyond the reach of the law. Thus, the deterioration in the economic position of women has been accompanied by a crisis in sexual exploitation. In addition, law, social policy, and organized crime currently combine to ensure that while women engaged in prostitution face high risks of either prosecution or exploitation, pimps and others who benefit from the prostitution business remain relatively free to continue to exploit prostitutes. Reference note