Leaving no stone unturned: the borders and orders of transnational prostitution

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...

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Main Author: Jahnsen, Synnøve Økland 1981- (Author)
Contributors: May-Len, Skilbrei (Other)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
In: The British journal of criminology
Year: 2018, Volume: 58, Issue: 2, Pages: 255-272
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Keywords:
Borders
Crimmigration
Human trafficking
Migration control
Prostitution
Menschenhandel
Migrationskontrolle
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1464-3529
DOI:10.1093/bjc/azx028