It comes from small samples e. In one often cited study, the participants were chosen because they were all under 18 when they entered prostitution. People of colour, migrant and trans sex workers are targeted for arrest. UK sex workers have the highest murder rate compared to women in other occupations.
Sex workers are three times more likely to experience rape and other violence in countries where sex work is criminalised. New Zealand decriminalised sex work in with verifiable success. Decriminalisation involves the removal of all prostitution-specific laws; sex workers and sex work businesses operate under the same labour laws as everyone else. Under legalisation sex work is legal only under certain state-specified conditions, creating a two-tier system where the sex workers with the least social power remain illegal and outside of the protection of the law.
Note: No research we have found distinguishes between trans women, trans men and non-binary sex workers or asked those who identified themselves as female or male whether they identified as the gender they were assigned at birth. Experiences from the Nordic Countries. Church et al. Street prostitution: Ten facts in search of a policy.
International Journal of the Sociology of Law. Also quoted is Silbert, M. Entrance into Prostitution. Connelly, L. Analysis of National Ugly Mugs. On our own terms: the working conditions of internet-based sex workers in the UK. The Impact of the. The prostitution laws are implemented in a racist and discriminatory way. The majority of people support prostitution law reform and oppose the criminalisation of clients.
