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8 results foundAuthor: New Zealand. Ministry of Justice Title: Review of Street-Based Prostitution in Manukau City Summary: The review seeks to identify problems associated with street based prostitution in Manukau, particularly in Hunters Corner and around the Northcrest car park, establish what the causes are, and propose actions to mitigate these problems. The initial part of the review of street-based sex work in Manukau concluded that the issues are limited to very specific areas of Manukau City, (around Hunters Corner and Northcrest car park) in which an estimated maximum of 20 street-based workers work on any given night. The scope of the review findings is therefore limited to these two areas and aims to suggest a response to improve overall community safety and reduce community harm (including harm to sex workers) in the two areas. Details: Wellington, NZ: Ministry of Justice, 2009. 21p. Source: Internet Resource Year: 2009 Country: New Zealand URL: Shelf Number: 119460 Keywords: ProstitutesSex WorkersStreet Prostitution |
Author: Poland, Fiona Title: Evaluation Research Study of Ipswich Street Prostitution Strategy 2007-8 Summary: An innovative strategy to tackle prostitution in Ipswich has made a good start, but needs to address a number of challenges, according to an independent research team from the University of East Anglia. Their report, evaluating the first year of the strategy’s implementation, finds evidence of early success in the complex matters of helping sex workers to change their lives and reducing kerb-crawling. The evaluation was commissioned to give the Joint Agency Prostitution Steering group independent information about how well the strategy was put into action and its effects in its first year. The strategy aims to address five key areas: preventing on-street prostitution, reducing demand, developing routes out of prostitution, preventing young people from being abused through sexual exploitation and providing a good flow of information between the community and other strategy partners. The emphasis is for enforcement action to be taken against kerb-crawlers rather than the sex workers, who are helped to rebuild their lives and find ways out of prostitution. The new strategy led to 137 arrests for kerb-crawling in Ipswich between March 2007 and February 2008, compared with only 10 in the previous year. Most of those arrested in 2007-8 were given Police Cautions with an Acceptable Behaviour Contract. This intense increase in police action to apprehend kerb-crawlers, together with the disposals provided, has proved to be a highly effective deterrent to those seeking to pay for sex on the streets of Ipswich. For the first time, women involved in street sex work are offered co-ordinated support from different agencies combined with "assertive outreach", whereby committed staff repeatedly contact the women to offer them support. Health problems, drug habits and violent partners may make it difficult for women involved in sex work to take up support without this repeated contact. In just a few months, over 33 women have been helped to make positive changes in their lives. This includes reducing drug use, staying in stable accommodation and getting more regular access to health treatment. Regular, well-attended public meetings have proved to be a good means of communication between local residents and strategy group partners, especially the police. This has allowed local residents to highlight the issues of most concern to them, such as personal safety, harassment near their homes and the need to know how these issues are being addressed. The work has been demanding and challenges remain to be addressed in the later years of the strategy, not least financial issues. The flexibility and creativity of voluntary organisations such as Iceni and Coastal Housing Action Group have been important for finding the new solutions required, yet such organisations are especially vulnerable to funding uncertainties. Without knowing if their funding will continue, it is difficult for such organisations to guarantee the longer-term work needed to deal with the complex problems these women face, the report says. There is also still a need to research and tackle the reasons why men seek on-street sex. This is vital for identifying the levels of risk they pose to the women and to the wider community. Details: Norwich, UK: University of East Anglia, 2008. 205p. Source: EVISSTA Study: Internet Resource: Accessed February 7, 2012 at http://www.ipswich.gov.uk/downloads/EVISSTAUEAstreetprostitutionreport.pdf Year: 2008 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.ipswich.gov.uk/downloads/EVISSTAUEAstreetprostitutionreport.pdf Shelf Number: 124025 Keywords: Crime ReductionSex Work (U.K.)Sex WorkersStreet Prostitution |
Author: Lyons Venini and Associates, Ltd. Title: Reducing Street Prostitution by Influencing Demand: An Alternate Measures Program for Bill 206 Summary: Bill 206 is an amendment to the Traffic Safety Act of Alberta. The amendment, which would provide for the seizure of vehicles in prostitution related offences, is expected to become available for use by the justice system in 2005. Modeled after similar legislation, now in effect in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, it is viewed as another means of addressing the problems of street prostitution in Alberta communities. Included within the amendment is a provision for the release of a seized vehicle, in conjunction with the offender’s enrollment in an alternative measures program, as provided for under the Criminal Code of Canada. This provision has lead to questions concerning what alternative measures would be appropriate to consider in lieu of vehicle seizure. The report briefly reviews street prostitution issues and alternative measures being used in Calgary today. It then considers the merits of two other alternative measures programs: John Schools, which are now operating in most major Canadian cities; and Community Conferencing, which is being used in Minneapolis for prostitution related offences. Recommendations are then offered for use in Calgary. Details: Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Community Life improvement Council, 2005. 47p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed July 13, 2012 at: http://www.diversitycup.ca/Resources/Documents/Bill%202006%20Final%20Report%20Apr%2005.pdf Year: 2005 Country: Canada URL: http://www.diversitycup.ca/Resources/Documents/Bill%202006%20Final%20Report%20Apr%2005.pdf Shelf Number: 125607 Keywords: ProstitutesStreet Prostitution |
Author: DrugScope Title: The Challenge of Change: Improving services for women involved in prostitution and substance use Summary: Women involved in street-based prostitution who misuse drugs and/or alcohol are one of the most marginalised and stigmatised groups in our society. However, they are rarely discussed in these terms, and too often they are absent from policy and practice addressing the needs of the most vulnerable. At a time when 'sex work' can be normalised, and even glamourised, the reality is that women involved in prostitution often use drugs and/or alcohol to cope with selling sex (and the violence and abuse in their lives) and often sell sex to support addiction. It is a vicious circle. The focus of this research study has been on policy and practice to address the drug and alcohol treatment needs of women involved in street-based prostitution. Tackling substance misuse is fundamental to reducing harm and supporting women to exit prostitution. So, what kinds of interventions work best? How widely are they available? And, critically, what do the women themselves say about their expectations and experiences of services? We found that while there are good services and positive stories, there remains a lot to be done. Many women involved in prostitution see no alternative; no other viable future for themselves; and no support for 'recovery', or prospect of ‘a normal life'. Currently, appropriate support that addresses substance misuse in the context of 'sex work' can be difficult to access. With evidence that a significant proportion of women seeking help for drug and alcohol problems (and many others who are not accessing help) have been involved in prostitution in some form, this is the 'challenge of change' identified in the report's title. Many of the women we spoke to recognise and accept this challenge on a personal level, but need more and better support from policy makers, planners and commissioners, and from services on the ground. Details: London: DrugScope, 2013. 75p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed July 3, 2013 at: http://www.avaproject.org.uk/media/128481/challenge%20of%20change_full%20report.pdf Year: 2013 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.avaproject.org.uk/media/128481/challenge%20of%20change_full%20report.pdf Shelf Number: 129242 Keywords: Drug Abuse and AddictionProstitutes (U.K.)Sex WorkersStreet Prostitution |
Author: Manitoba. Manitoba Justice Title: Working Together to Address Sexual Exploitation on our Streets Summary: The sex trade has profoundly negative effects on neighbourhoods and the individuals involved on the streets. The Criminal Code of Canada (federal law) has measures to deal with the sex trade. The Manitoba government has also introduced many measures to discourage the harmful activities related to the sex trade and sexual exploitation. Manitobans in all neighbourhoods have an important role to play in addressing the sex trade and its impact on the community at large. This publication provides an overview of the sex trade, including its impact on the victims of sexual exploitation and the communities where it occurs. The publication is also a resource for neighbourhoods that wish to take action to help reduce the harm caused by street prostitution. Connecting communities to the many resources available will help us work together to address sexual exploitation on our streets. The information in this publication is based on the experience and advice of: - front line workers - Manitoba Family Services and Housing - law enforcement agencies - Crown attorneys - Manitoba Justice - community members Details: Winnipeg, Manitoba: Manitoba Justice, Community Justice Branch, 2006. 57p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed October 27, 2014 at: http://www.gov.mb.ca/justice/safe/neighbourhoodsolutions.pdf Year: 2006 Country: Canada URL: http://www.gov.mb.ca/justice/safe/neighbourhoodsolutions.pdf Shelf Number: 133828 Keywords: Child ProstitutionChild Sexual ExploitationNeighborhoods and CrimeProstitution (Canada)Sex TradeStreet Prostitution |
Author: Bisschop, Paul Title: Street Prostitution Zones and Crime Summary: This paper studies the effects of introducing legal street prostitution zones on both registered and perceived crime. We exploit a unique setting in the Netherlands where legal street prostitution zones were opened in nine cities under different regulation systems. We provide evidence that the opening of these zones was not in response to changes in crime.Our difference-in-difference analysis using data on the largest 25 Dutch cities between 1994 and 2011 shows that opening a legal street prostitution zone decreases registered sexual abuse and rape by about 30% to 40% in the first two years. For cities which opened a legal street prostitution zone with a licensing system we also find significant reductions in drug-related crime and long-term effects on sexual assaults. Perceived drug nuisance increases upon opening but then decreases below pre-opening levels in cities with a licensed prostitution zone. In contrast, we find permanent increases in perceived drug crime in the areas adjacent to the legal prostitution zones Details: Bonn: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), 2015. 36p. Source: Internet Resource: IZA Discussion Paper No. 9038: Accessed February 18, 2016 at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2606891 Year: 2015 Country: Netherlands URL: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2606891 Shelf Number: 137892 Keywords: Prostitution Sex Workers Street Prostitution |
Author: Sandwith, Louise Title: 'Score, smoke, back on the beat': An exploration of the impact of homelessness on exiting street sex working in Manchester Summary: The purpose of this research was to explore how and why women get into sex work and the factors which lead them to continue. The research looked at the issues for women wanting to exit sex work - and considered, in particular, homelessness and how this impacts upon the choices available. The research was undertaken using qualitative methods comprising interviews with women working in the industry and with accommodation providers. Findings - The majority of the women interviewed became involved in sex work as teenagers to fund drug use or to escape poverty and were often introduced by another working woman. The majority had unsettled and damaging experiences as children such as being in care, parental neglect/violence or sexual abuse. - Drug use and sex work are closely inter-linked and all women confirmed they had sold sex to fund drug use at some point, if not throughout, their sex working 'career'. - Homelessness is a common experience for sex working women, in particular repeated homelessness. When women were sex working and homeless, this inevitably meant an increase in both drug use and sex working. - Many had spent time in custody. None of the women in adult prisons had their housing needs addressed on release and were often released to 'no fixed abode'. - Drug using sex workers need to be engaged in drug treatment but the women reported that they are unable to remain stable in treatment without suitable housing as keeping appointments was difficult when homeless. - Women felt judged and unsupported by some hostel staff. Staff from projects reported having no training around the issues and complexity of sex work. - Individuals from accommodation providers were knowledgeable and had a good understanding of the women's needs, but this was often down to their own experience and not as a result of any specific training. - A difficulty facing statutory accommodation providers is that of classing money earned from sex work as income and the consequences for housing benefit. - Most women wanting to exit sex work felt they needed suitable housing as well as drug treatment, but additionally required a source of income to alleviate poverty. Criminal records, lack of qualifications and work experience and poor health from long-term drug use all act as barriers to employment. Details: London: The Griffins Society, 2011. 52p. Source: Internet Resource: Research paper 2011/01: http://www.thegriffinssociety.org/system/files/papers/fullreport/research_paper_2011_01_sandwith.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.thegriffinssociety.org/system/files/papers/fullreport/research_paper_2011_01_sandwith.pdf Shelf Number: 129825 Keywords: HomelessnessProstitutesSex WorkersStreet Prostitution |
Author: Sanders-McDonagh, Erin Title: Women's Open Space Project Evaluation: Final Report Summary: This report presents findings from an evaluation of the WOS project, carried out between July 2011 and March 2012. The evaluation sought to analyze the impact and efficacy of services offered to street-based sex workers by WOS and to look at the NHYC model of engagement with young women at risk of sexual exploitation. This report will provide an analysis of service delivery and user-engagement with WOS and NHYC, and will highlight areas of best practice in engaging with street-based sex workers and with young women at risk of sexual exploitation. The Women's Open Space (WOS) project works with street-based sex workers in North London, effectively combines outreach and drop-in services to meet the specific needs of their client base. Women at the drop-in felt the most vital services they received related to housing, health (physical, sexual, and mental), and emotional support. WOS has helped women make positive changes to their lives and encourages them to engage with services that are appropriate for them. Many of the women at the drop-in had reduced or stabilized their drug use; some of them were practicing safer sex because of information and advice received at the service; others were in stable accommodation as a direct result of the WOS project's intercession. The organizational philosophy of WOS means that the services provided for sex workers are user-led and take a holistic approach to helping women. This gives women a sense of ownership about their interactions with the project, and all of the women we spoke to felt the WOS project had made a significant difference to their physical and emotional well being. WOS work effectively with other third sector and statutory bodies to ensure that sex workers have access to a range of services that will help provide support and stability. Their positive working relationships are evidence of good practice in the field. Young women who are at risk of sexual exploitation are effectively engaged with youth services through the New Horizon Youth Centre (NHYC). WOS and NHYC work together to ensure that young women who are at risk of sexual exploitation or who are facing sexually exploitative situations are encouraged to access targeted youth interventions, which diverts young women from becoming fully entrenched in sex working. This cooperative model is something that could and should be employed in other areas. Both WOS and NHYC take a holistic approach to working with their clients, and have built up trust with women that are particularly 'hard-to-reach'. These relationships are having a positive impact on the lives of those who attend the drop-in services, which is partly due to the model of working, but also connects to the particular knowledge and expertise of the WOS/NHYC staff. Introduction Details: London: New Horizon Youth Centre, 2012. 73p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 22, 2017 at: http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/14536/3/WOSFinalReport2012Sept.pdf Year: 2012 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/14536/3/WOSFinalReport2012Sept.pdf Shelf Number: 145163 Keywords: ProstitutesProstitutionSex WorkersSexual ExploitationStreet Prostitution |