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Purchasing Sexual Services in Sweden and the Netherlands. Legal Regulation and Experiences. An abbreviated English version. Report 2004

Document number
1902
Date
2004
Title
Purchasing Sexual Services in Sweden and the Netherlands. Legal Regulation and Experiences. An abbreviated English version. Report 2004
Author/publisher
Working Group on the legal regulation of the purchase of sexual services, M i n i s t ry of Justice and the police, Norway
Availability
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Document type(s)
Research/Study/Analysis,
Keywords
Women's rights; Women; Control and regulation of prostitution, Protection, Punishable forms of prostitution, Prostitution; Sex work; Clients, Abolitionism; New Abolitionism; Prohibitionism; Regulationism,
Summary

The report describes the experience of Swedish and Dutch legal regualtion relating to the purchase of sexual services. The experience of national police forces in the enforcement of legislation is also described, as well as the health and social institutions' assessments of the situation after the changes in the law. The experiences of the prostitutes are also presented. In addition, the report points out the advantages and disadvantages of the way in which prostitution is legally regulated in Sweden and the Netherlands.

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