Title: Decriminalization of sex work : the New Zealand Model ; an analysis of the integrative sex industry policy in New Zealand (Aotearoa) /
Authors: Rottier, Joep,; Willem Pompe Instituut voor Strafrechtswetenschappen
Year: 2018
Subjects: New Zealand Prostitutes Collective; New Zealand.; Prostitution Reform Act 2003 (New Zealand); Prostitution Government policy New Zealand.; Sex workers New Zealand Social conditions.; Sex workers Labor unions Organizing New Zealand.; Prostitution Government policy; Entkriminalisierung; Prostitution; New Zealand; Neuseeland
Abstract: "In many countries worldwide, sex workers have no other choice than to carry out their profession in illegal environments. Repressive policies force them to work in difficult or dangerous underground settings They need to struggle against incomprehension, moral disapproval, prejudices, and increasing public stigmatization. Contrary to prevailing tendency in Europe and America to criminalize clients of sex workers, New Zealand decriminalized the entire commercial voluntary sex industry in 2003 by enacting the Prostitution Reform Act (PRA) - as the only state in the world, so far. The implementation of this integrative sex industry policy marks a turning point in the lives and working conditions of New Zealand sex workers. Sex work became recognized as legitimate service work. Nowadays, the sex service sector in this country operates under the same legal rights as any other service sector. In Decriminalization of sex work: The New Zealand Model, Joep Rottier contextualizes the historical-cultural and sociopolitical backgrounds of this integrative sex industry policy. This explorative and descriptive research provides insights in the unique role of the New Zealand Prostitutes' Collective (NZPC) - as a social movement organization - in the policy making process."--Back cover.
Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Methodology -- Chapter 3. Theoretical Perspectives -- Chapter 4. Sex Industry Policies -- Chapter 5. Macro Level: The Development of New Zealand's Sex Industry: History and Context -- Chapter 6. Meso Level: The Path to Decriminalization -- Chapter 7. Micro Level: An Analysis of the Role and Impact of NZPC -- Chapter 8. Inconsistencies and New Quandaries: Legal Principles Versus Practical Implementation, A Critical Reflection -- Chapter 9. Conclusion