A review of the criminalisation of the payment for sexual services in Northern Ireland

In: Ellison , G , Ni Dhonaill , C & Early , E 2019 , A review of the criminalisation of the payment for sexual services in Northern Ireland . Queen's University Belfast , Belfast .

Abstract

This report was commissioned by the Northern Ireland Department of Justice to review the sex purchase legislation that was enacted in the jurisdiction from 1st June 2015. The report deals with the supply and demand of commercial sexual services, the views of those that are enforcing it such as the Police Service of Northern Ireland and the Public Prosecution Service as well as the effects of the legislation on sex working populations in Northern Ireland.