Abstract
This chapter reflects on the implications of situating sex workers’ experiences of crime within a conceptual and policy hate crime framework, arguing that sex workers’ experiences of violent and other crime fit established conceptualisations of hate crime. It is based on research with police officers and sex workers in Merseyside, the first police force in the UK to treat crimes against sex workers as hate crime. Whilst acknowledging this model has limitations, it proposes it forms a progressive, protection-based model of policing sex work which prioritises sex worker safety and contributes to practical improvements in policing crimes against sex workers.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Policing the Sex Industry |
| Subtitle of host publication | Protection, Paternalism and Politics |
| Editors | Teela Sanders, Mary Liang |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Chapter | 3 |
| Pages | 53-72 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Edition | 1st |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781315196893 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781138716629, 9780367375140 |
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| Publication status | Published - 7 Dec 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Publication series
| Name | Interdisciplinary Studies in Sex for Sale |
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| Publisher | Routledge |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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