The national and moral borders of the 2016 French law on sex work

An analysis of the ‘prostitution exit programme’

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ID11432126
AutoresC Giametta (0000-0003-1351-9103, Aix-Marseille Université, autor correspondente), Hélène Le Bail (0000-0003-2933-7048, CERI Sciences Po, Paris, France)
Ano2023
Volume43
Fascículo2
Páginas214-233
Data de publicação2023-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCritical Social Policy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0261-0183 • E-ISSN: 1461-703X
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/02610183221101167
OpenAlexW4281681972
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas13

The 2016 law on prostitution in France introduced the so-called Swedish model approach to sex work, which, at the national level, criminalises those who purchase sex rather than the sex workers themselves. Alongside the repressive character of the law, lawmakers introduced a number of social policy measures through the implementation of a ‘prostitution exit programme’. Whilst some pioneering research has sought to evaluate the impact of penalising the clients of sex workers, no survey has yet focused on the outcomes of prostitution exit programmes. Based on qualitative data, including interviews with sex workers and grassroots organisations, this article aims to analyse how the programme was implemented and its overall outcomes. The interviews we conducted shed particular light on the fact that the implementation of the programme is impacted on by the application of restrictive migration policies

Criminology · Grassroots · Political science · Politics · Population · Qualitative property · Qualitative research · Research methodology · Sex work · Sex workers · Social science · Sociology · Work (physics · Demography · Engineering · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Law · Sex work and related issues · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology