Will criminalising the purchase of sex decrease trafficking?

Criminalising the purchase of sex will be up for debate in the northern parliament at Stormont next week.

Will criminalising the purchase of sex decrease trafficking?

A new survey of sex workers has indicated, however, that they feel the law change would merely put sex workers in greater danger, is unlikely to deter customers and would be almost impossible to police.

The survey, the first of its kind, was completed by Queen’s University in Belfast. They questioned 171 Northern Ireland-based sex workers and 446 of their clients.

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