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To only allow the cookies that make the site work, click 'Use essential cookies only. Your cookie preferences have been saved. You can change your cookie settings at any time. The impacts of the criminalisation of the purchase of sex will be explored examining empirical evidence specifically focusing on the following issues: estimated numbers involved in prostitution selling sex [22] ; attitudinal change; application of the law; demand for the purchase of sex; impacts on individuals involved in prostitution; uptake of services to exit prostitution.
Estimated numbers involved in prostitution [23]. It is difficult to establish a complete picture of the numbers involved in prostitution as there are several methodological challenges to estimating accurate numbers involved in the sale of sexual services Mujaj and Netscher, Internationally, most attention and estimates of numbers involved in prostitution focus on street-based prostitution.
This means that potentially the largest forums for the sale of sex are overlooked, and also results in the circumstances of individuals involved in street- based prostitution being expanded to discussions of prostitution more generally. Estimates of the prevalence of street prostitution and online prostitution are available with data on indoor prostitution in hotels etc more difficult to estimate Mujaj and Netscher, Despite these limitations, available evidence indicates that there has been a downward trend in street prostitution in Sweden since the s.
The National Board of Health and Welfare in Sweden conducted three surveys on the impact of criminalisation of the purchase of sex focused on the perspectives of state authorities in , and Socialstyrelsen, , For the third report, surveys were distributed to all police authorities in Sweden and to a sample of Swedish municipalities and to youth clinics Socialstyrelsen, Follow-up questions were addressed to 25 municipalities and 12 police authorities that had knowledge of prostitution in their area.
