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Wild guesses and conflated meanings? Estimating the size of the sex worker population in Britain.
- Source :
- Critical Social Policy; Nov2009, Vol. 29 Issue 4, p703-719, 17p, 3 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- This paper reports the number of sex workers in Scotland and England who are in contact with specialist services for sex workers. Then, using methods and multipliers derived from the frequently quoted Kinnell study (1999) the paper provides various updated estimates of the wider population of sex workers. We point out the limits of our estimates and the methodological difficulties of estimating the size of this hidden population. The paper argues that many claims about sex work made by politicians and the media are misleading especially where they conflate sex work with trafficking and abuse. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SEX workers
OCCUPATIONS
POLITICIANS
POPULATION
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02610183
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Critical Social Policy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 44961591
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0261018309341906