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28th July 2017

I'm No Criminal

"I'm No Criminal", a research project by Eaves and Nia, examines the impact of prostitution-specific criminal records on women involved in prostitution and on their attempts to exit and rebuild their lives. The study builds on an earlier three-year study which investigated women’s experiences of exiting prostitution. That study identified nine common barriers to exiting prostitution. A significant barrier was possession of a criminal record for prostitution-related offences. The research team wished to explore this barrier in more detail and was fortunate to obtain funding from Lankelly Chase for this purpose. This research forms the subject matter of this report. 

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29th June 2017

New measures to allow ratification of Istanbul Convention

The government has announced new measures to protect women & girls from crimes committed overseas

5th June 2017

Preventing the Deaths of Women in Prison

The Independent Advisory Panel on deaths in custody has published the results of its rapid evidence collection

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