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Tackling Street Prostitution: Towards an Holistic Approach

Document number
1582
Date
2004
Title
Tackling Street Prostitution: Towards an Holistic Approach
Author/publisher
Marianne Hester, Nicole Westmarland, University of Bristol
Availability
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Document type(s)
Research/Study/Analysis,
Keywords
Home Office Research Study 279, Development and Statistics Directorate, Unionisation of sex workers; Women's rights; Women; Control and regulation of prostitution, Protection, Punishable forms of prostitution, Prostitution; Sex work; Clients, Abolitionism; New Abolitionism; Prohibitionism; Regulationism,
Summary
This re p o rt presents the key findings and recommendations from the Crime and Disord e rassociated with Prostitution Initiative, which was part of the work conducted under theu m b rella of the Crime Reduction Programme (CRP). The CRP was an evidence basedinitiative, which aimed to find out which approaches and practices were effective in tacklingcrime.The Crime and Disorder associated with Prostitution Initiative provided seed fundingto 11 multi-agency pilot projects to address street based prostitution. The projects wereg rouped and evaluated by their main intervention type into three groups: policing andenforcement, protecting young people and providing support to exit. Some of the projectsimplemented tactics which aimed to reduce the nuisance and disorder for example policecrackdowns and community mediation and liaison. Some tested innovative approaches, likegathering evidence to prosecute those grooming young people; and some provided support,for example, outreach and 'drop in' facilities to access those involved in prostitution andalso start the process of enabling them to exit.The findings presented in this report provide an insight into which approaches arep romising to tackle street prostitution, and it also provides valuable recommendations forpolicy and practice alike.
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