No model in practice: a ‘Nordic model’ to respond to prostitution?

• Published in: Crime, law, and social change Vol. 71; no. 4; pp. 423 - 439
• Main Authors: Kingston, Sarah, Thomas, Terry
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.05.2019; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Best practice; Comparative law; Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law; Criminology and Criminal Justice; Equality; Gender inequality; Human trafficking; Inappropriateness; Law; Law and Criminology; Law enforcement; Legislation; Policy transfer; Political Science; Politics; Prostitution; Rhetoric; Social Sciences; Trafficking; Nordic region

The so-called Nordic model to respond to prostitution has been considered in legislative debates across Europe and internationally, and hailed by some as best practice to tackle sex trafficking and is believed to support gender equality. Yet, when we interrogate the utilisation of the Nordic countri...