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T1 - The police, sex work, and Section 14 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009
AU - Kingston, Sarah
AU - Thomas, Terry
N1 - This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Kingston, S. and Thomas, T. (2014), The Police, Sex Work, and Section 14 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009. The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 53: 255–269. doi: 10.1111/hojo.12060 which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/hojo.12060/abstract This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.
PY - 2014/7
Y1 - 2014/7
N2 - This article considers the origins and aims of Section 14 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009 and the offence of paying for the sexual services of a prostitute who has been subject to exploitative conduct; this offence is one of ‘strict liability’. Section 14 was implemented on 1 April 2010 and using the Freedom of Information Act 2000 the authors have attempted to show the number of times Section 14 has been used by the police in England and Wales since the Act became law; how the Act has been used and the outcome of the use of this section.
AB - This article considers the origins and aims of Section 14 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009 and the offence of paying for the sexual services of a prostitute who has been subject to exploitative conduct; this offence is one of ‘strict liability’. Section 14 was implemented on 1 April 2010 and using the Freedom of Information Act 2000 the authors have attempted to show the number of times Section 14 has been used by the police in England and Wales since the Act became law; how the Act has been used and the outcome of the use of this section.
KW - Policing and Crime Act 2009
KW - strict liability
KW - sex work
U2 - 10.1111/hojo.12060
DO - 10.1111/hojo.12060
M3 - Journal article
VL - 53
SP - 255
EP - 269
JO - The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice
JF - The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice
SN - 0265-5527
IS - 3
ER -