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Colorlines reports on a law in New Orleans that was originally intended to target child sex abusers that is being used instead against prostitutes. A conviction on this charge is a more serious felony offense rather than a misdemeanour, carries a longer sentence, and requires the prostitute to register as a sex offender. Of the 861 sex [...] Clause 14 of the Policing and Crime bill passed through Report Stage unamended in the House of Lords last Tuesday 3rd November. Clause 14 aims to protect vulnerable and exploited people by shifting the focus of the law onto those who create the demand for prostitution. The clause makes it an offence to pay for sex [...] |
 The Trouble & Strife Reader, a collection of articles from the journal, has just been published by Bloomsbury Academic. "Be prepared to be enlightened, enraged, amused, engaged, and above all provoked" -Beatrix Campbell |
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