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Key Informant Interviews Review of the Prostitution Reform Act 2003

Publications - Key informant interviews

Prepared for the Ministry of Justice by
Dr Elaine Mossman and Pat Mayhew
Crime and Justice Research Centre
Victoria University of Wellington

Acknowledgements

Summary

1 Introduction

1.1 Background
1.2 What the key informant interviews aimed to do

2 Methodology

2.1 Who was interviewed
2.2 Collecting and analysing data

Results

3 Level of support

3.1 Support for the PRA before it was passed
3.2 Reasons for non-support
3.3 Changes in level of support

4 Welfare, health and safety

4.1 Safer sex practices
4.2 General health and well-being
4.3 Access to health services, information and training
4.4 Safety issues

5 Conditions of work

5.1 Independent contracts
5.2 Changes in management practices
5.3 Awareness of rights and responsibilities

6 The system of certification

6.1 Importance of certification
6.2 Administration issues
6.3 Compliance
6.4 Areas of confusion
6.5 Areas of dissatisfaction
6.6 Suggestions for improvement

7 Exiting

7.1 Informants' responses
7.2 What's currently available?
7.3 Legislated assistance
7.4 What is needed?

8 Persons under 18 years of age

8.1 Impact on numbers of young people
8.2 The message of the PRA
8.3 Limited options
8.4 Prosecution and enforcement
8.5 Preventing entry

9 Territorial Authorities

9.1 Experience of key informants
9.2 Should TAs have these powers?

10 Monitoring and enforcement

10.1 Suggestions

11 Conclusion

References

Appendix 1: Those interviewed

Appendix 2: Interview schedule

Tables

Table 1: Interviews conducted across research sites
Table 2: Number of individuals interviewed

Full report (PDF, 246Kb)

First published in October 2007 by:
Ministry of Justice
PO Box 180
Wellington
New Zealand

© Crown Copyright

ISBN 978-0-478-29051-9

The views, opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are strictly those of the author/s. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the Ministry of Justice. The Ministry of Justice takes no responsibility for any errors or omissions in, or for the correctness of, the information contained in the publication.

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