prostitution Flashcards
1
Q
Section 14, Police and Crime Act 2009
A
- An offence to make or promise payment
- For the sexual services of a prostitute
- When a third party has engaged in sexual exploitation
- In expectation of gain for them self of another person.
2
Q
who was the first country to criminalise paying for sex and in what year?
A
- Sweden
- 1998
3
Q
What did England and wales home affairs select committee do?
A
- They looked into laws on prostitution and decided reforms where necessary but more information on the topic was required first
4
Q
Street offences Act 1959
A
- It is not an offence to exchange money for sex
- Is an offence to loiter and solicit
5
Q
sexual offences Act 2003
A
- Highlights offences in relation to trafficking for sexual exploitation.
6
Q
What is the punishment for prostitution?
A
- A fine
- Not an effective deterrence
7
Q
Why could it be considered unprincipled?
Which principle demonstrates this?
A
- Because it criminalises men who did not have mens rea and therefore did not know the person was being exploited
- correspondence
8
Q
What it is the law in Northern Ireland?
A
- It is simply illegal to pay for sex
9
Q
What was the significance of the 1957 Wolfenden report?
(report of the departmental committee on homosexual offences and prostitution)
A
- There is a role to regulate prostitution as it is a public matter
- It stated that prostitution is and evil that any society claiming to be civilised should seek to rid itself
- Looked into whether the use of criminal law was the way to do this or whether education would be more effective.
