This study identifies the presence of human trafficking indicators in a UK-based sample of
sex workers who advertise their services online. To this end, we developed a crawling and …

Abstract Thinking about organised crime as an ecosystem is not only novel but also offers
much potential to add to the theoretical and policy-based literature in this area. While …

This paper is part of a special section which brings three different approaches to
vulnerability into conversation with one another to foster interdisciplinary co-operation in …

Introduction Research shows criminal code laws negatively affect the health and safety of
sex workers and hinders their ability to access protective and other services. Less is known …

The state's duty to protect vulnerable people gives rise to powerful forms of social
intervention, especially in policing. This article reports from co-produced multimethods …

Is justice possible for a woman raped in contemporary patriarchal culture? This book
explores one of the major conundrums of our time: given all the feminist activism and …

Introduction In this paper, we explore the possible consequences of the criminalization of
sex work in Spain through an analysis of the measures adopted during the COVID-19 …

Exploitation and human trafficking in sex markets tend to include both online and offline
spaces. Understanding the scale, complexity and geography of networks is important in …

Abstract On 23rd September 2020, the Law Commission launched their Hate Crime
consultation paper, which suggested including 'sex worker'as a protected characteristic …

This article explores the extent to which sex workers' accounts of living and working in Wales
are compatible with the discourses of wellbeing, vulnerability and safeguarding that are …