1st Edition

Prostitution, Politics & Policy

By Roger Matthews Copyright 2008
176 Pages
by Routledge-Cavendish

170 Pages
by Routledge-Cavendish

176 Pages
by Routledge-Cavendish

Prostitution has become an extremely topical issue in recent years and attention has focused both on the situation of female prostitutes and the adequacy of existing forms of regulation. Prostitution, Politics & Policy  brings together the main debates and issues associated with prostitution in order to examine the range of policy options that are available. Governments in different... Read more

1. The Emergence of Prostitution as a Significant Social and Political Issue  2. Prostitution Myths  3. Routes into Prostitution  4. Prostitution and Victimisation  5. Leaving Prostitution  6. Regulating Prostitution: International Perspectives  7. Developing a Policy Response

Biography

Roger Matthews

"This book takes as its focus the social, policy and political dilemmas posed by female street prostitution. Against the backcloth of increasing public concern and the divided feminist views on intervention, Matthews charts a careful and well thought out path for a critical realist intervention on street prostitution. Demanding evidence-based policy not policy based evidence, Matthews makes a cogent and convincing case for a coherent and empathetic neo-deregulation of street prostitution. This is a commanding powerful and thought provoking read for all those who claim to be concerned about street prostitution in the U.K. and elsewhere today." - Sandra Walklate, University of Liverpool, UK