... crime and disorder agenda, and that lobbyists on these issues are proving to be natural allies against harm reduction. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Sex work Prostitution Drugs Harm reduction Services RESEARCH Drug services for sex workers approaches in England and Ireland...

... prostitution strategy. It looks critically at the impact of ‘disrupting sex markets’, and examines the arguments for rejecting a system that regulates the indoor sex venues. It also discusses the proposal to change the law to enable ‘two (or three)’ women to work together indoors and plans to minimise...

...Maggie O'Neill This article argues that there are two main barriers preventing imagining and actioning an inclusive, holistic strategy for prostitution reform in the UK. It identifies five key tenets needed to improve the situations for men and women involved in selling sex. Findings from...

... the problem of poverty. It suggests that the new prostitution strategy conflates drug use and sex work, reducing involvement in the latter to a problem of the former. Thus, other social problems experienced by these women, particularly the problems of poverty and social exclusion, are side‐stepped. By so...

...Jo Phoenix This article looks at three main models of intervention that have informed recent policy and practice with people involved in the sex trade. It reveals the inherent contradictions within attempts to both help and punish workers in the existing prostitution strategy. © Emerald Group...

...Jane Scoular; Jane Pitcher; Rosie Campbell; Phil Hubbard; Maggie O'Neill This article considers the likely success of recent reforms of prostitution policy by reflecting on a recent Joseph Rowntree Foundation‐funded study that examined the experiences of those living and working in areas of street...

...Margaret Melrose The government published A Co‐ordinated Street Prostitution Strategy and Response to ‘Paying the Price’ in January 2006. In this article the proposals are critically assessed. It is argued that whilst there are some beneficial aspects, there is little new in the proposals...

... recommended by government and principles recommended to form part of the UN Convention. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Trafficking Exploitation Prostitution Organised crime people trafficking Trafficking in women and children (part 2): strategies and responses This article...

... of the victims of trafficking © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Trafficking Exploitation Prostitution Women Children people trafficking Trafficking in women and children (part 1): a literature review of contributory factors This is the first of two articles that explore the factors...

...Alan Marlow Once established, street sex markets tend to be very resilient. This article describes the factors that generated an initiative to tackle street prostitution in an inner city area, and the tactics employed. Some of the measures were successful to a degree and improved public perceptions...

...Margaret Melrose This article considers the issues of ‘street prostitution’ and ‘community safety’ in terms of the discursive construction of each. It argues that in the late‐modern age, concepts such as ‘community’ and ‘safety’ are problematic and their meaning cannot be taken for granted...