Comments on: Swedish evaluation of law banning purchase of sex: unsupported claims http://www.lauraagustin.com/ban-on-purchase-of-sex-helps-prevent-and-combat-prostitution-says-swedish-evaluation Dr Laura Agustín on Migration, Trafficking and Sex Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: France should not criminalise my clients | Thierry Schaffauser http://www.lauraagustin.com/ban-on-purchase-of-sex-helps-prevent-and-combat-prostitution-says-swedish-evaluation#comment-6184 France should not criminalise my clients | Thierry Schaffauser Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:21:54 +0000 http://www.lauraagustin.com/?p=7471#comment-6184 [...] [7] http://www.lauraagustin.com/ban-on-purchase-of-sex-helps-prevent-and-combat-prostitution-says-swedis... [...] [...] [7] http://www.lauraagustin.com/ban-on-purchase-of-sex-helps-prevent-and-combat-prostitution-says-swedis... [...]

]]> By: Where is the evidence? | Thierry Schaffauser http://www.lauraagustin.com/ban-on-purchase-of-sex-helps-prevent-and-combat-prostitution-says-swedish-evaluation#comment-5495 Where is the evidence? | Thierry Schaffauser Sun, 04 Sep 2011 21:33:18 +0000 http://www.lauraagustin.com/?p=7471#comment-5495 [...] [11] http://www.lauraagustin.com/ban-on-purchase-of-sex-helps-prevent-and-combat-prostitution-says-swedis... [...] [...] [11] http://www.lauraagustin.com/ban-on-purchase-of-sex-helps-prevent-and-combat-prostitution-says-swedis... [...]

]]> By: The Swedish Sex Law ‘We’re Sorry We Haven’t a Clue’ Report (or, How to Make the Channel Tunnel Profitable) « An Anthology of English Pros http://www.lauraagustin.com/ban-on-purchase-of-sex-helps-prevent-and-combat-prostitution-says-swedish-evaluation#comment-2127 The Swedish Sex Law ‘We’re Sorry We Haven’t a Clue’ Report (or, How to Make the Channel Tunnel Profitable) « An Anthology of English Pros Mon, 05 Jul 2010 20:02:19 +0000 http://www.lauraagustin.com/?p=7471#comment-2127 [...] anti-sex purchase law, the basics of which can be read in English on Laura Agustin’s excellent Border Thinking blog (mercifully devoid of Bindelian superlatives). At the same time as criminalising clients of sex [...] [...] anti-sex purchase law, the basics of which can be read in English on Laura Agustin’s excellent Border Thinking blog (mercifully devoid of Bindelian superlatives). At the same time as criminalising clients of sex [...]

]]> By: Twitter Trackbacks for Swedish Law | Evaluation | Criminalisation| Clients | Prostitution | Border Thinking on Migration, Trafficking and Commercial Sex [lauraagustin.com] on Topsy.com http://www.lauraagustin.com/ban-on-purchase-of-sex-helps-prevent-and-combat-prostitution-says-swedish-evaluation#comment-2120 Twitter Trackbacks for Swedish Law | Evaluation | Criminalisation| Clients | Prostitution | Border Thinking on Migration, Trafficking and Commercial Sex [lauraagustin.com] on Topsy.com Sun, 04 Jul 2010 14:49:30 +0000 http://www.lauraagustin.com/?p=7471#comment-2120 [...] Swedish Law | Evaluation | Criminalisation| Clients | Prostitution | Border Thinking on Migration, T... lauraagustin.com/ban-on-purchase-of-sex-helps-pre...-and-combat-prostitution-says-swedish-evaluation – view page – cached Sweden has released its evaluation on its law criminalising the purchase of sex, finding that it does work to prevent and combat prostitution: English excerpts., from Laura Agustín Tweets about this link [...] [...] Swedish Law | Evaluation | Criminalisation| Clients | Prostitution | Border Thinking on Migration, T… lauraagustin.com/ban-on-purchase-of-sex-helps-pre…-and-combat-prostitution-says-swedish-evaluation – view page – cached Sweden has released its evaluation on its law criminalising the purchase of sex, finding that it does work to prevent and combat prostitution: English excerpts., from Laura Agustín Tweets about this link [...]

]]> By: JohnM http://www.lauraagustin.com/ban-on-purchase-of-sex-helps-prevent-and-combat-prostitution-says-swedish-evaluation#comment-2118 JohnM Fri, 02 Jul 2010 20:56:35 +0000 http://www.lauraagustin.com/?p=7471#comment-2118 The increase in Denmark, which the report refers to is false. It comes from the radical ngo Organisation Reden who has reported in this way: If we met 1 sexworker in 2006 and we met 1 in 2007, then in 2007 we have had knowledge of double as many compared to 2006, which is an increase of 100%. If we didn't meet a single sexworker in 2007, the number of street sex workers would be constant. In this way of counting, there can never be a fall, but only an increase. As a horryfying example, some of those, they have reported are even dead years before they are numbers in the increase. In addition, most of those people they met are probably not sexworkers at all. This is fraud. When the numbers are corrected, then it shows a fall and not an increase. In Norway, the increase in street sexworkers comes out of the horrible reality, that the authorites started contacting those people who rented out premises to sexworkers threatening them with criminal charges. The result was, that sexworkers were kicked out on the streeets, with the result, that while 10% of Danish sexworkers work on the street, then 40% of the Norwegians one work on the street because the authorites, in this way, prevent them from working indoor. The increase in Denmark, which the report refers to is false. It comes from the radical ngo Organisation Reden who has reported in this way:

If we met 1 sexworker in 2006 and we met 1 in 2007, then in 2007 we have had knowledge of double as many compared to 2006, which is an increase of 100%. If we didn’t meet a single sexworker in 2007, the number of street sex workers would be constant.

In this way of counting, there can never be a fall, but only an increase. As a horryfying example, some of those, they have reported are even dead years before they are numbers in the increase. In addition, most of those people they met are probably not sexworkers at all.

This is fraud. When the numbers are corrected, then it shows a fall and not an increase.

In Norway, the increase in street sexworkers comes out of the horrible reality, that the authorites started contacting those people who rented out premises to sexworkers threatening them with criminal charges. The result was, that sexworkers were kicked out on the streeets, with the result, that while 10% of Danish sexworkers work on the street, then 40% of the Norwegians one work on the street because the authorites, in this way, prevent them from working indoor.

]]> By: Iamcuriousblue http://www.lauraagustin.com/ban-on-purchase-of-sex-helps-prevent-and-combat-prostitution-says-swedish-evaluation#comment-2116 Iamcuriousblue Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:43:47 +0000 http://www.lauraagustin.com/?p=7471#comment-2116 From the report: "In 2008, the number of people in street prostitution in both Norway and Denmark was estimated to be three times higher than in Sweden." This is the kind of thing that really sets off my BS detector. Their basing their claims of success on *estimates*. Estimates by who and based on what? Most of the report is in Swedish, so not sure of whether they give details on how they're coming up with these numbers. From the report:

“In 2008, the number of people in street prostitution in both Norway and Denmark was estimated to be three times higher than in Sweden.”

This is the kind of thing that really sets off my BS detector. Their basing their claims of success on *estimates*. Estimates by who and based on what? Most of the report is in Swedish, so not sure of whether they give details on how they’re coming up with these numbers.

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