Criminalising the Purchase of Sex

Name: Criminalising the Purchase of Sex
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

In an attempt to abolish prostitution, Sweden criminalised the purchase of sex in 1999, while simultaneously decriminalising its sale. In so doing, it set itself apart from other European states, promoting itself as the pioneer of a radical approach to prostitution. What has come to be referred to as \u2018the Swedish model\u2019 has been enormously influential, and has since been adopted and proposed by other countries. This book establishes the outcomes of this law \u2013 and the law\u2019s justifying narratives \u2013 for the dynamics of Swedish sex work, and upon the lives of sex workers.