In England and Wales, with the introduction of Section 27 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009, lap-dancing clubs can now be licensed as Sexual Entertainment Venues. This article considers such, offering a critique of Section 27, arguing that this legislation is not evidence-based, with lap-dancing policy, like other sex-work policies, often associated with crime, deviance and immorality. Furthermore, it is argued that sex-work policies are gradually being homogenised as well as increasingly criminalised. Other criticisms relate to various licensing loopholes which lead to some striptease venues remaining unlicensed and unregulated, potentially impacting on the welfare of erotic dancers. In addition, restrictions on the numbers of lap-dancing...
The night-time economy is often described as repelling consumers fearful of the ‘undesirable Others’...
The use of regulation of sex work is undergoing sweeping changes across Europe and client criminaliz...
Drawing on the largest study of the United Kingdom online market in sexual labour to date, this arti...
Striptease venues have been the subject of considerable public debate following the emergence of hig...
Over the last decade, dedicated adult entertainment venues offering forms of striptease have prolife...
The visibility of striptease (‘lap dancing’) as a workplace and site of consumption has grown signif...
Despite concerns regarding working conditions in Scottish lap-dancing venues being raised in the 200...
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This is a mixed methods data ...
This article showcases a research, dissemination and impact study on the striptease industry that ex...
The night‐time economy is often described as repelling consumers fearful of the ‘undesirable Others’...
This article considers the origins and aims of Section 14 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009 and the...
This article is informed by data taken from wider findings from a Ph.D study in which the author wor...
This article draws from interview material with sex worker rights activists in London, and sex work ...
This article draws from interview material with sex worker rights activists in London, and sex work ...
The use of regulation of sex work is undergoing sweeping changes across Europe and client criminalis...
The night-time economy is often described as repelling consumers fearful of the ‘undesirable Others’...
The use of regulation of sex work is undergoing sweeping changes across Europe and client criminaliz...
Drawing on the largest study of the United Kingdom online market in sexual labour to date, this arti...
Striptease venues have been the subject of considerable public debate following the emergence of hig...
Over the last decade, dedicated adult entertainment venues offering forms of striptease have prolife...
The visibility of striptease (‘lap dancing’) as a workplace and site of consumption has grown signif...
Despite concerns regarding working conditions in Scottish lap-dancing venues being raised in the 200...
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This is a mixed methods data ...
This article showcases a research, dissemination and impact study on the striptease industry that ex...
The night‐time economy is often described as repelling consumers fearful of the ‘undesirable Others’...
This article considers the origins and aims of Section 14 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009 and the...
This article is informed by data taken from wider findings from a Ph.D study in which the author wor...
This article draws from interview material with sex worker rights activists in London, and sex work ...
This article draws from interview material with sex worker rights activists in London, and sex work ...
The use of regulation of sex work is undergoing sweeping changes across Europe and client criminalis...
The night-time economy is often described as repelling consumers fearful of the ‘undesirable Others’...
The use of regulation of sex work is undergoing sweeping changes across Europe and client criminaliz...
Drawing on the largest study of the United Kingdom online market in sexual labour to date, this arti...