Organisational Patterns of Sex Work and the Effects of the Policy Framework

Pajnik, Mojca; Radačić, Ivana

doi:10.1007/s13178-020-00482-6

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“…Studies showed context was central to sex workers' mental health in criminalisation and regulation frameworks. Stigma and stigma-related experiences were the most critical factors contributing to stress, burnout, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), (Pajnik & Radacic, 2020;Vanwesenbeeck, 2005;Villacampa & Tones, 2013). In Croatia, where sex work was fully criminalised (including sex workers), public perceptions of prostitution that involved violence and exploitation were projected onto sex workers and had a negative impact on their mental health, causing feelings of self-contempt and guilt (Pajnik & Radacic, 2020).…”

Section: Increased Mental Health Risksmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Evidence showed that sex workers were subjected to multiple forms of violence in all legal contexts, but this was particularly true in criminalised contexts, where restriction of measures concerning sex work brought important changes with a negative impact on the type and intensity of violence towards sex workers (INDOORS, 2014;Le Bail et al, 2019). Although sex workers experienced at least one form of violence from different perpetrators (Vanwesenbeeck, 2005), and clients were the main perpetrators of physical and sexual violence in all contexts, including regulation contexts such as Germany or The Netherlands (Aidsfonds, 2018), studies indicated that the policies adopted in criminalisation contexts had contributed to an increase in client violence towards cis and transgender sex workers (Villacampa & Tones, 2013;INDOORS, 2014;Levy, 2013;Levy et al, 2014;Oliveira & Fernandes, 2017;Aidsfonds, 2018;NSWP, 2018;GAATW, 2018;Le Bail et al, 2019;Sonnabend & Stadtmann, 2019;Vuolajärvi, 2019;Pajnik & Radacic, 2020).…”

Section: Increased Financial Physical and Sexual Violencementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In contexts where sex workers were criminalised, like Croatia, impunity for crimes committed against sex workers has been observed since they were discouraged from reporting them (Pajnik & Radacic, 2020). Evidence showed penalising policies, such as "End demand" policies in France or The Sex Purchase Act in Sweden, increased violence risks, limiting the time sex workers had to negotiate terms of sexual transactions and choose clients (NSWP, 2018;Le Bail et al, 2019;Sonnabend & Stadtmann, 2019).…”

Section: Increased Financial Physical and Sexual Violencementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some violence risk reduction strategies used by cis and transgender sex workers in criminalised and regulation contexts were pretending to work with others, avoiding getting into cars or avoiding working at home (Pajnik & Radacic, 2020), avoiding leaving the city centre, hiding money, hiding occupation, always working at the same place (Oliveira & Fernandes, 2017), or using online communication to report cases of abuse or violence (NSWP, 2018).…”

Section: Increased Financial Physical and Sexual Violencementioning

confidence: 99%

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Understanding the Impact of EU Prostitution Policies on Sex Workers: A Mixed Study Systematic Review

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Introduction There is a growing interest in legislation and policies regarding sex work in the European Union and a debate between two opposite perspectives: prostitution is a form of gender violence or a work lacking legal and social recognition. This review aims to develop an integrative synthesis of literature regarding the impact of prostitution policies on sex workers’ health, safety, and living and working conditions across EU member states. Methods A search conducted at the end of 2020 in bibliographic databases for quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods peer-reviewed research, and grey literature published between 2000 and 2020 resulted in 1195 initial references eligible for inclusion. After applying the selection criteria, 30 records were included in the review. A basic convergent qualitative meta-integration approach to synthesis and integration was used. The systematic review is registered through PROSPERO (CRD42021236624). Results Research shows multiple impacts on the health, safety, and living and working conditions of sex workers across the EU. Conclusions Evidence demonstrates that criminalisation and regulation of any form of sex work had negative consequences on sex workers who live in the EU in terms of healthcare, prevalence and risk of contracting HIV and STIs, stigmatisation and discrimination, physical and sexual victimisation, and marginalisation due to marked social inequalities, for both nationals and migrants from outside the EU. Policy Implications The evidence available makes a strong case for removing any criminal laws and other forms of sanctioning sex workers, clients, and third parties, which are prevalent in the EU, and for decriminalisation. There is a need for structural changes in policing and legislation that focus on labour and legal rights, social and financial inequities, human rights, and stigma and discrimination to protect cis and transgender sex workers and ethnical minorities in greater commitment to reduce sex workers’ social inequalities, exclusion, and lack of institutional support. These measures could also positively impact reducing and monitoring human trafficking and exploitation.

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Section: Increased Mental Health Risksmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Increased Financial Physical and Sexual Violencementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Increased Financial Physical and Sexual Violencementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Increased Financial Physical and Sexual Violencementioning

confidence: 99%

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“…The management method is a scientific, necessary, and social work management method with a lot of room for growth, as well as an essential research topic and direction for the future of social work management. Literature [18] believes that the professionalization of social work has three aspects: social work knowledge background, determined professional goals and activity fields, and professional autonomy.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Decision-Making Model of Social Work Specialization Process Using Big Data Analysis and Chaos Cloud

Chen

2022

Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing

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Big data and mobile edge computing information technology have revolutionized traditional industries’ development. The organic integration of community social work and big data technology will undoubtedly promote the growth of community social work services, thanks to the new information technology platform for big data. In terms of the future of big data-driven social work, it is primarily reflected in the following: in the application of social work, big data can acquire and update real human behavior data in real time, and eliminating the need for subjects’ subjective reports in the data collection process; It can also provide a basis for public decision-making, which is worthy of our active exploration and innovation, provide efficient and accurate technical means for risk population assessment and crisis intervention and have a more accurate and intuitive grasp of the temporal and spatial distribution of service personnel and basic social service facilities. The core of professionalization of social work is improving the post-setting system for social workers in our country, improving their treatment, and strengthening the construction of professional ethics for social workers in our country. A big data social workflow adaptive scheduling optimization algorithm based on the chaotic cloud diversion mechanism is proposed to address the problems of high costs, poor time convergence performance, and poor cost accounting quality in the current social workflow adaptive scheduling optimization algorithm. As an important part of social governance, social work accelerates the process of social work specialization to improve decision-making efficiency.

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Sex Work Policy Worldwide: A Scoping Review

Karlsson

2022

Sexuality & Culture

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Researchers have conducted a lot of research into policies regulating commercial sex. This study is a scoping review aiming to characterize the research field as well as finding research gaps and suggest directions for future research. Nine electronic databases and a key journal (Sexuality Research and Social Policy) were searched using Boolean operators to identify studies containing “prostitution AND policy” or “sex work AND policy” in the title and/or abstract. A total of 3663 studies were identified, and of them, 351 were deemed eligible after duplicates were removed and the title and abstract had been assessed according to the study’s inclusion criteria. The studies on sex work policy were often conducted in English-speaking countries, the majority of which were about streetwalkers, criminalization of sex work, and trafficking policies. Interestingly, few empirical studies were conducted and stigmatization was frequently mentioned. There is an unmet need for studies addressing the lived experiences of sex workers under the Swedish Model, as well as studies about migrant sex workers and studies from Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Researchers should direct additional efforts into understanding the lived experiences of sex workers under the Swedish Model as well as into studies covering Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

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Organisational Patterns of Sex Work and the Effects of the Policy Framework

Cited by 9 publications

References 24 publications

Understanding the Impact of EU Prostitution Policies on Sex Workers: A Mixed Study Systematic Review

Understanding the Impact of EU Prostitution Policies on Sex Workers: A Mixed Study Systematic Review

Decision-Making Model of Social Work Specialization Process Using Big Data Analysis and Chaos Cloud

Sex Work Policy Worldwide: A Scoping Review

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