Abstract
Traditionally, prostitution has not been criminalized in England and Wales, regarded as a private transaction conducted between two consenting adults. However, there are many pieces of legislation that seek to regulate and punish a wide variety of acts associated with prostitution in the interests of public health, social well-being and moral order. As such, soliciting and kerb-crawling in public or quasi-public spaces are currently illegal and there are several laws which allow for the prosecution of those who are seen to benefit from the prostitution of others, such as ‘pimps’, procurers and brothel owners. Off street working is legal, though where there is more than one person present in a premise – even if the second person is not selling sex – that person may be deemed to be living off immoral earnings and that premise defined as a brothel. Advertising of sexual services in public spaces is also prohibited.
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