Lives of women shoplifters, sex workers explored / EurekAlert, 6 October 2008
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-10/ru-low100608.php
"A new book by a Rutgers University—Camden criminologist reveals the profound impact of shoplifting and prostitution on both a region and the lives of the women who depend on these illegal acts. "

Big Brothel research 'seriously flawed'Poppy Project research into sex workers "was based on flawed data" and "cannot be substantiated" / The Guardian, October 03 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/oct/03/research.women
"Top academics involved in sex research have launched an attack on "seriously flawed" research into British brothels.The academics claim that research into prostitution in the UK published last month by the Poppy Project, which is partly funded by the Ministry of Justice, is inaccurate and unethical.The research in the Big Brothel report "exhibits serious flaws in its mode of data collection and analysis," they warn."

POPPY Project’s comments in response to ‘Academics’ Response to Bindel & Atkins’ “Big Brothel” report
http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Education/documents/2008/10/07/poppyresponse.pdf

Labour conference: Total ban for sex soliciting and kerb-crawling / The Guardian, September 22 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/sep/22/labourconference.labour1?gusrc=rss&feed=politics
"Kerb-crawling and soliciting for prostitutes on the streets are to be outlawed as part of a wide-ranging tightening of the law, the home secretary, Jacqui Smith, annnounced yesterday. Warning of the "blight" of prostitution, Smith outlined a three-point plan at the Labour conference."

Tackling Demand For Prostitution - The Dutch Model / Home Office, 20 June 2008
http://press.homeoffice.gov.uk/press-releases/Prostitution
“The Dutch approach to prostitution was observed today by Home Office Minister Vernon Coaker during a visit to the Netherlands, as part of the Government's review into tackling the demand for prostitution.”

Police raids over online brothels / BBC, 20 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7357072.stm
"Fifteen people arrested as part of an operation targeting brothels operating via the internet in central London are still being questioned by police."

Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Project / Share Hope International, 26 March 2008
http://www.sharedhope.org/dmst/
Shared Hope International (SHI) has identified a startling trend: American children are victims of the sex trade and they are being trafficked within the United States. SHI research reveals that Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking (DMST) is a critical problem in many locations across the U.S.
Reports available:
Clearwater, Florida
PDF - http://www.sharedhope.org/files/FINAL_Clearwater_032408.pdf
Las Vegas, Nevada
PDF - http://www.sharedhope.org/imgs/files/FINAL_Las_Vegas_proof_031908.pdf

"Women not for sale": a report on advertising women in small ads in local newspapers / Government Equalities Office, 29 January 2008
PDF - http://www.parliament.uk/deposits/depositedpapers/2008/DEP2008-0240.pdf
Commissioned by Harriet Harman, Minister for Women and Equality

[Scotland] Sex trade discrimination / Sunday Herald, 13 January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wfsx
Kate Smith
"The abolition of tolerance zones has led to a surge in arrests of female sex workers … but not one male prostitute."

How making the customers the criminals cut street prostitution / Guardian, 5 January 2007
http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianpolitics/story/0,,2235616,00.html
Rachel Williams
"Sweden's law against buying sex views women involved as victims of male violence.
Later this month the Home Office minister Vernon Coaker will travel to Sweden to examine the country's prostitution laws. The government is considering adopting the Swedish model, where it is a criminal offence to buy sex. This has shamed many men, and led to fewer women working on the streets, but concerns remain over trafficking and driving the trade underground."

A Virtual View of Managing Violence among British Escorts
Deviant Behavior, Volume 28 Issue 6 2007 pp 525 - 551
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a781917261~db=all~order=page
Kim Davies; Lorraine Evans
"It is no secret that men seeking to victimize women often select women who work as prostitutes. More is known about the violence experienced by women who work as street prostitutes than those who work indoor as escorts. This article reports two main types of violence reported by British escorts on an Internet site set up specifically for the escorts to share information with one another.
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Social Inclusion, Responsibilization and the Politics of Prostitution Reform
British Journal of Criminology, Volume 47, Number 5, Pp. 764-778
http://bjc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/47/5/764
Jane Scoular and Maggie O'Neill
"Following Matthews' (2005) recent examination of prostitution's changing regulatory framework, we offer a critical account of the move from ‘enforcement’ (punishment) to ‘multi-agency’ (regulatory) responses as, in part, a consequence of new forms of governance."
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Collateral Damage: The Impact of Anti-Trafficking Measures on Human Rights Around the World / Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women, 4 October 2007
PDF - http://www.gaatw.net/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=364
Mike Dottridge et al
"According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights anti-trafficking measures "shall not adversely affect the human rights and dignity of persons, in particular the rights of those who have been trafficked and of migrants, internally displaced persons, refugees and asylum seekers". However, human rights defenders have become more and more concerned that many strategies designed to fight trafficking have proven counter-productive for the very people they were intended to benefit.
The eight countries considered were Australia; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Brazil; India; Nigeria; Thailand; the United Kingdom; and the United States of America. These case studies point to the conclusion that, while an enormous amount has been done to combat trafficking, anti-trafficking policies and other related policies have in fact harmed the very people they were intended to protect, as well as migrants and sex workers. The reasons for this range from a lack of evidence-based policy-making and a lack of consultation with those that will be affected by the policies, to clearly pushing other agendas, such as stopping migration or suppressing prostitution."

Control or Regulation of Prostitution in Canada - Implications for the Police / Royal Canadian Mounted Police, July 2007
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ccaps/reports/prostitution_control_e.htm

Inhuman trade / Guardian, 5 September 2007
http://society.guardian.co.uk/societyguardian/story/0,,2162114,00.html
"The exploitation of young Naomi Conté, from domestic skivvy to forced prostitution, starts in Sierra Leone and ends in London. It is a harrowing tale of modern day slavery."

Who’s rights are we talking about: legalised prostitution / Online Opinion, 25 June 2007
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=6011
Mary Lucille Sullivan
"At the beginning of the 21st century governments worldwide are confronted with an unprecedented escalation of the global sex industry. An intrinsic component of this new world sex market is the trafficking of millions of people, mainly women and girls, for commercial sexual exploitation. The US Government has intimated that after drug dealing, trafficking of humans is tied with arms dealing as the second largest criminal industry in the world, with the majority of people trafficked for sexual exploitation. Increasingly governments are opting for legalisation of prostitution as the solution to this crisis."

'50,000 Iraqi refugees' forced into prostitution / Independent on Sunday, 24 June 2007 http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2701324.ece
Nihal Hassan
"There are more than a million Iraqi refugees in Syria, many are women whose husbands or fathers have been killed. Banned from working legally, they have few options outside the sex trade. No one knows how many end up as prostitutes, but Hana Ibrahim, founder of the Iraqi women's group Women's Will, puts the figure at 50,000."

CDCOC and Norwegian police busted organized crime group for women trafficking / FOCUS News Agency, 30 May 2007
http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n113579
"Organised crime group for women trafficking was busted at a joint specialized operation of the Bulgarian Chief Directorate Combating Organized Crime and the Norwegian police, the press centre of the Bulgarian interior ministry reported. A total of 11 criminals were detained. They are Norwegian, Turkish and Bulgarian nationals. They had victimised 18 Bulgarian women aged 20 - 30 pressing them to prostitute."

[Australia] Gangs target 'hooker' motels / CourierMail.com.au, 21 May 2007
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21767278-952,00.html
Chris Griffith
"STRUGGLING motels in Brisbane are being targeted by Asian crime syndicates as venues for illegal prostitution. One motel in Brisbane's Kangaroo Point has become so notorious it is known as the 'hooker motel' and it is claimed Kangaoo Point is regarded as far away as Hong Kong as a 'red light district'."

[Australia] Anger at report into child sex / The Australian, 12 May 2007
http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21716403-2702,00.html
Rosemary Neill and Tracy Ong
"UNDERAGE sex can be a positive experience that makes many prostitutes "more comfortable and assertive" with their sexuality, according to a new book that draws on taxpayer-funded research. For Call Girls: Private Sex Workers in Australia, well-known transsexual Roberta Perkins and co-author Frances Lovejoy surveyed about 200 prostitutes. They found that 43 per cent of independent sex workers or callgirls and 53 per cent of brothel workers had had sexual intercourse before the age of 16, the legal age of consent."

Kerb-crawlers warned of 'the real price of sex' / 24dash.com, 14 May 2007
http://www.24dash.com/centralgovernment/20517.htm
Pam Caulfield
"Kerb-crawlers are being told how much sex would cost in their area: their job, their driving licence and a £1,000 fine. A six-week advertising campaign launched this week by the Home Office in seven target areas issues stark reminders to potential kerb-crawlers that the price they pay for sex may be more than they bargained for."