عنوان

Reducing demand, controlling supply :

شماره

TLets511418

عنوان اصلي

Reducing demand, controlling supply :

نام عام مواد

[Thesis]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Hamilton, Paul

عنوان اصلي به قلم نويسنده ديگر

evaluating new street-level prostitution policy interventions and paradigms in Nottingham

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Nottingham Trent University

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2009

جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن

Ph.D.

کسي که مدرک را اعطا کرده

Nottingham Trent University

امتياز متن

2009

متن يادداشت

This thesis describes and explains the impact of a number of policy initiatives intended to tackle the demand for, and supply of, street-level markets operating in Nottingham. The research triangulated survey data undertaken with 104 men attending a Nottingham-based 'Kerb-Crawler Rehabilitation Programme' (the 'Change' Programme) and interview data with twenty-two 'working girls', ten 'punters' and ten agency/Criminal Justice professionals. Current sociological and criminological writings on prostitution suggest that recent policy interventions are broadly representative of a 'paradigm shift' away from punitive-only initiatives aimed at working girls, towards the criminalisation of men that pay for (street-level) sex. Whilst these policy interventions are bedevilled by contradictions and inconsistencies, there is an inherent assumption that demand reductions can, and will, lead to a corresponding contraction in supply. In light of this, the thrust of the analysis in this thesis focused on several key questions: do policy interventions - particularly those concerned with 're-educating' punters - reduce the recidivism rates amongst identified street-level punters? Do 'new' policy initiatives deter 'new' punters into Nottingham's street-level sex markets? Do they facilitate 'exiting' for street-level working girls? And overarching all of this: can we rely upon simplistic economic assumptions about the relationship between supply and demand to street-level markets? In addressing these questions, the thesis concludes that 're-education' has some notable value in challenging the attitudes and beliefs of street-level punters (particularly 'first-timers' and 'intermediates') that cannot be achieved by 'traditional' Criminal Justice interventions alone. However, it is also argued that any long-term/additive benefits associated with 're-education' (including recidivism reductions) may be compromised in the absence of a better-targeted curriculum and suitable aftercare support. The threat of 're-education' - as opposed to education - is demonstrated to be insignificant as a deterrent, because it appears to be trumped by the threat of this private activity being publicly 'outed' and to a lesser extent by traditional Criminal Justice sanctions. Paradoxically, the findings suggest that moderate demand reductions - on their own - are unlikely to have any significant impact on the number of working girls operating 'on the street'. More insidiously, there is strong evidence that the combination of demand reductions and a move towards 'Compulsory Rehabilitation Orders' will have displacement, operational and safety issues for working girls, all of which remain significant barriers to 'exiting' prostitution.

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Hamilton, Paul

مستند نام تنالگان تاييد نشده

Nottingham Trent University

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Thesis]

کد کاربرگه

276903

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y