Citation

Niemi J. Violence Against Women 2010; 16(2): 159-172.

Affiliation

University of Helsinki, Finland. Johanna.Niemi-Kiesilainen@helsinki.fi

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801209355239

PMID

20053945

Abstract

This article explores the discourse on prostitution, trafficking, and buying sex. Buying sex or the purchase of sexual services, as the law says, has been a criminal act in Sweden since 1999. In the summer of 2006 Finland followed the lead, making it a crime to purchase sex from a person who has been subjected to trafficking or procuring. These reforms give a signal that the customers are responsible for increasing the international sex trade, but as the author argues, the commercial language used by the law makers may be a double-edged sword.

Keywords: Human trafficking

Language: en