Men Who Buy Sex: A Survey in the Greater Vancouver Regional District

摘要: Les auteurs de cet article passent en revue la documentation canadienne sur les hommes qui achetent des services sexuels et presentent resultats d'une enquete autoadministree aupres 80 ces hommes, a ete realisee dans le Grand Vancouver. l'article decrit caracteristiques demographiques generates l'echantillon certains aspects leur comportement d'achat sexuel. En raison l'inquietude accrue concernant grand nombre travailleurs du sexe rue ont disparu ou tues, facon apporter quelques reflexions au debat prohibitionnisme allegue que violence est omnipresente prostitution, examinent actes commis autres personnes, declares par eux. Ils se penchent egalement experiences victimes part sexe. This paper reviews the Canadian literature on men who purchase sexual and presents results of self-administered survey conducted in Greater Vancouver such men. The describes general demographic characteristics sample selected their sex-buying behaviour. Because heightened concern about large number street-level sex workers have gone missing or been murdered, order to offer some reflections prohibitionist argument that prostitution is ubiquitous, examines self-reported commission against other people. We also examine being victimized by workers.