NDLI: Policy Change in Prostitution in the Netherlands: from Legalization to Strict Control

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Outshoorn, Joyce
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	The Netherlands legalized prostitution in 1999 and is currently debating a new bill, the ‘Law regulating prostitution and suppressing abuse in the sex industry’. The legalization made a distinction between voluntary sex work, which is legal, and forced prostitution, which remains a criminal offence. In the 2000s, evaluations showed that, while there is a reasonably working legal prostitution sector, abuse, bad working conditions and trafficking still occur. The media have played an important role in reframing the issue, and politicians have successfully set the revision of the legalization on the agenda, resulting in a new bill at the end of the decade. With this proposal and its framing of fighting human trafficking and organized crime, the Netherlands is reneging on its original progressive legalization by adopting a strict regulation of all prostitution. Sex workers will have to register with the authorities; the age to work in the sex industry will be raised to 21 years and clients have to check whether the sex worker is registered and not an undocumented worker. This article accounts for these two major shifts in prostitution policy in the Netherlands and discusses the consequences for sex workers.
Starting Page	233
Ending Page	243
Page Count	11
File Format	PDF
ISSN	18689884
Journal	Sexuality Research & Social Policy
Volume Number	9
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	15536610
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2012-06-19
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Prostitution policy and law Sex workers’ rights Social Sciences Sexual Behavior
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Sociology and Political Science Gender Studies Health (social science)

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