T.S. is a senior lecturer in the School of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds and, sitting on the borders of criminology and sociology, specialises in the sociology of crime and deviance. Her main research interests have been in the UK sex industry examining the social organisation of sex work, regulation regimes, and men who buy sex. She has published Sex Work: A Risky Business (Willan, 2005), which was shortlisted for the Philip Abrahms prize, and also Paying for Pleasure: Men Who Buy Sex (Willan, 2007).
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Protecting the health and safety of female sex workers: the responsibility of all
Article first published online: 12 JUN 2007
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01378.x
RCOG 2007 BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 114, Issue 7, pages 791–793, July 2007
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Sanders, T. (2007), Protecting the health and safety of female sex workers: the responsibility of all. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 114: 791–793. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01378.x
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- Issue published online: 12 JUN 2007
- Article first published online: 12 JUN 2007
- Accepted 26 March 2007.
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Keywords:
- Coordinated Prostitution Strategy;
- criminal justice;
- prostitution;
- sex work;
- violence
Research and criminality on the sex industry is often generalised to that of the visible street based market. With wider reference to the indoor sex markets and drawing on key conclusions from Jeal and Salisbury (page 875), this commentary explores the current criminal justice framework that is driving sex work policy and the management of prostitution in the UK. The consequences of a punitive approach in relation to a complex and multi-layered sex industry are assessed in relation to the role of health care workers.