Safety in the New Zealand sex industry

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Title

Safety in the New Zealand sex industry

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University of Otago

Collection

Otago University Research Archive

Description

The paper uses 2006 survey data to examine sex workers' safety in the post-decriminalised sex industry in New Zealand. We use probit analysis to examine institutional and individual factors that affect the likelihood of sex workers experiencing physical and sexual violence, theft and threats by clients. We find that alcohol and/or drug dependency more than doubles the risk of violence across the three sectors within the industry. After controlling for individual factors, including alcohol and...

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Format

Research paper

Research format

Scholarly text / Journal article

Thesis level

Article

Date created

2015-09-02

Creator

Meriluoto, Laura / Webb, Rachel / Masselot, Annick / Morrish, Sussie / Abel, Gillian

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10523/30475

Related subjects

decriminalisation / sex work / theft / threat / violence

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