Taking the Crime out of Sex Work: New Zealand Sex Workers' Fight for Decriminalisation - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1847423345 ISBN 13: 9781847423344

Publisher: Policy Press, 2010

Synopsis

New Zealand was the first country in the world to decriminalise all sectors of sex work. This book provides an in-depth look at New Zealand's experience of decriminalisation. It provides first-hand views and experiences of this policy from the point of view of those involved in the sex industry, as well as people involved in developing, implementing, researching and reviewing the policies. Presenting an example of radical legal reform in an area of current policy debate it will be of interest to academics, researchers and postgraduates as well as policy makers and activists.

About this title

About the Author:

Gillian Abel, University of Otago, Lisa Fitzgerald, School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Catherine Healy, New Zealand Prostitutes' Collective, with and Aline Taylor

Review:

This superb collection speaks to the international community as it truly is a one-stop guide to the politics and policies of prostitution in New Zealand, which demonstrates how to regulate sex work without moral judgement. Teela Sanders, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Leeds, UK

A major contribution to our understanding of prostitution when it is decriminalised and regulated by the government. The authors offer a path-breaking analysis of the New Zealand experience, and show that decriminalisation can be a superior alternative to the common policy of criminalisation. Ronald Weitzer, Professor of Sociology, George Washington University, USA

About this edition

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1847423345
• ISBN 13: 9781847423344
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280
• Editor: Lisa Fitzgerald, Catherine Healy, Gillian Abel