Law and Society

I've just returned from the Law and Society Association of Australia and New Zealand Annual Conference in Sydney. I went along with a colleague from Sunderland, Ben Livings who was speaking on Sports Law whilst I delivered a paper exploring my own recent male for male sex work research which I'm hoping will be published in the New Year. The weather was a bit of a shock and so as illustration I offer the first pic taken from my study on the Thursday before I flew out and then a picture of myself (on the right) and Ben in Sydney (which though grey was an improvement). I've reproduced the abstract in full below:

Male for Male Sex Work and the Internet Effect:
A UK Perspective

The criminal law in England and Wales relating to sex work was last modified by the Sexual Offences Act 2003. Three years later in January 2006 the UK Government published a 'prostitution strategy' that set out a number of core aims: the overall reduction in street prostitution; improve the safety and quality of life of communities affected by prostitution, including those directly involved in street sex markets, and finally, to reduce all forms of commercial sexual exploitation. This framework prima facie failed to take into account both the issue of male sex work and also the Internet effect upon sex work. This paper seeks to examine the intersection of technology and male for male sex work and reviews both the criminal law and UK policy framework within the wider UK human rights context.

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