Police "naming and shaming" sex workers

[DorotheaPlenticlew]

I'm sorry to post and run, but I'm going to have to. Would very much like to find out what others think of this, though. To me, it seems very misguided.

link to the Guardian

there's a campaign up here to criminalise men who use prostitutes rather than prostitutes themselves, haven't heard anything about it for a while... wonder how theyy're getting on?

Do you think the government will intervene over this issue in order to defend the civil liberties of the women involved, claig?

news.stv.tv/scotland/west-central/142742-end-prostitution-now-campaign-to-be-launched-in-glasgow/

Thank Maud for that. I have been racking my brains to wonder why no-one has succeeded in doing this before - have people tried?

I hope they will intervene, because I think it is wrong. Maybe there is also a pressure group that could challenge this using human rights legislation. It seems to me that it is a form of intimidation. They want to discourage prostitution by threatening to expose the prostitutes. I think they should have more police on the streets and make more arrests. They know where it takes place, so they should take other action to stop it, such as arresting more punters.

I agree. I will wait to see if they do, but I think it unlikely.

That campaign website is strong stuff: www.endprostitutionnow.org/myths-and-facts/job-description-.aspx

Is there a thread about this?

we discussed it when it launched, pre-feminist topic. i know some of the people who wrote campaign, it's cool, huh? know they've been busy with other stuff in meantime, must ask them how this is going esp in light of the squirmy 'sex work is different' job centre ruling.

I thought that the law had already changed to criminalise the punters?

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yup, in england and wales. how does that square with this photos thing?

"Section 14 of the recently enacted Policing and Crime Act 2009 creates an offence of paying for sexual services of a prostitute who has been exploited or subjected to force by someone else. It is a strict liability offence whereby it is irrelevant whether the person who pays for sex is, or ought to be aware that the prostitute has been exploited. The offence is punishable by a fine of up to £1000. The hope is that the creation of this offence will reduce the demand for sexual services and therefore help address the exploitation and trafficking of women and children etc.

Although this is clearly a step in the right direction, we want to go further than this in Scotland and offer legislation which will protect those involved in all kinds of prostitution."

whoops, sorry, didn't realise that list had copied through as well.