The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014: implications for sex workers and their clients

摘要: ABSTRACTThe Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 introduced new powers to deal with behaviour deemed be ‘anti-social’. In this paper we consider how the law could used against sex workers their clients impact may have. Although were not intentionally designed respond prostitution, suggest that they will utilised tackle it. We argue inconsistently in a way which go directly policy seeks ‘tackle demand’ take less punitive approach dealing workers. Despite shift see more as victims offenders, draw on existing evidence demonstrate anti-social order exclude street from public spaces. claim degree of ‘policy re-fraction’ occur when laws are implemented by practitioners.