Leaving No Stone Unturned: The Borders and Orders of Transnational Prostitution. (10th May 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jahnsen, Synnøve; Skilbrei, May-Len
• Is Part Of: British journal of criminology. Volume 58:Number 2(2018)
• Page Start: 255
• Page End: 272
• Publication Date: 2017-05-10
• Subjects: borders -- crimmigration -- human trafficking -- migration control -- prostitution; Criminology -- Periodicals; Crime -- Periodicals; Criminal justice, Administration of -- Periodicals; 364.05
• DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azx028
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0007-0955

Abstract

Abstract: Criminologists are increasingly turning their attention to the intersections between immigration and crime control. In this article, we describe and discuss four regulatory practices whereby Norwegian police combine criminal law and immigration law in different ways vis-à-vis migrant women involved in prostitution. These practices target sex workers with exclusionary measures, even though the sale of sex is legal. These regulatory practices illustrate how Norwegian anti-prostitution policies are combined with an anti-trafficking agenda, something which creates a policing regime dependent on extensive forms of surveillance and control over sex workers' lives and mobility, and on partnerships and networks of governance.