In this article, we present and discuss the intended and unintended effects of the Swedish Sex Purchase Act, which criminalises the purchase of sex within a context where the sale of sex is legal. Whether or not this means ...

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book illustrates some of the difficulties in measuring rape in population surveys. It addresses legal responses ...

This chapter explores how rape legislation has been used as nation-branding to keep Sweden on top, and how the desire to remain a norm entrepreneur impacted on legal revisions. Sweden's legislation on gender and violence ...

Feminist criminologists are well acquainted with how their research on sexual harms and gendered forms of victimisation may serve as powerful levers for punitive agendas. In recent years, culturalist interpretations of ...

This article discusses gendered conceptions of vulnerability at play in destination states’ formulation and implementation of return policies. Based on qualitative interviews in Norway with asylum reception centre personnel, ...

In the last few years, the aim for research to have a societal ‘impact’ has become increasingly central. This can entail ‘emancipatory’ or ‘critical’ research but is often interpreted as being ‘relevant’ and ‘instrumental’ ...

This article deals with how return programmes for rejected asylum seekers and irregular migrants construct and create vulnerabilities.Few studies have exploredthe role of assistance provided through such programmes for the ...

It is often taken for granted that women who sell sex are vulnerable, that welfare services can and should alleviate this vulnerability, and as such, being defined as ‘vulnerable’ can be beneficial and associated with ...

This chapter introduces the concept and content of the book to the readers. It describes the aim of the book, which is to elaborate the contingency of how we understand prostitution, arguing that it is often taken for ...