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Addressing Prostitution: The Nordic Model and Beyond

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There are few social issues on which opinion is more deeply divided than that of prostitution. On one side is the liberal pro-prostitution lobby who believe that people enter prostitution out of choice. These liberals and fellow libertarians seek to normalise prostitution and call for a free market in the sale and purchase of sexual services and either the removal of sanctions altogether or, alternatively, favour the provision of some form of state licensing and approval. On the other side are abolitionists, who see prostitution as a form of violence against women and an expression of male power and exploitation. For these abolitionists the objective is to decrease the trade in commercialised sexual services and limit as far as possible the various forms of exploitation and coercion that they see as being associated with prostitution.

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Johnson, H., Matthews, R. (2016). Addressing Prostitution: The Nordic Model and Beyond. In: Matthews, R. (eds) What is to Be Done About Crime and Punishment?. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57228-8_11

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