Sex Work, Hate Crime and the Criminal law
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It has been well established at a global level that sex workers are often victims of direct violence in the course their work, targeted by ‘perceived vulnerability’ as marginalised group. In one police force England (Merseyside) since 2006 they have addressed this victimisation through adopting ‘hate crime’ approach to policing crimes against workers. The aims paper first, review implementation hate crime model applied workers; second, explore how forces policy across UK, and operational barriers doing so; third legal, theoretical critical issues raised treating type models. conclusion weighs up some challenges expanding current law include target group for increased protection, assessing fully funded may be sufficient alongside reform around decriminalisation work. This article will draw on data from England. We acknowledge much more work is needed establish community's views value, if any, approach.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Criminal Law
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['0022-0183', '1740-5580']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/00220183221086679