Canadian Policing Research Catalogue

Location

Canadian Policing Research

Resource

e-Books

Alternate Title

Sex work, human rights and a new framework for law reform : full report

Authors

• Childs, Mary, author.
• Ciarrocchi, Sarah, author.
• Gleeson, Cristen, author.
• Lowman, John, 1950-, author.
• Pacey, Katrina, author.
• Paradis, Francois, author.
• Piche, Danica, author.
• Rix, Emily, 1982-, author.
• Ryan, Elaine, author.
• Sigurdson, Elin, author.
• Sigurdson, Krista, author.
• Track, Laura, author.
• Tsurumi, Maia, author.
• Vis-Dunbar, Megan, author.
• Weich, Lisa, author.
• Brunemeyer, Naomi, editor.
• Mirsky, Karen, editor.
• Rossiter, Sean, editor.
• Pivot Legal Society, issuing body.

Publishers

• Vancouver : Pivot Legal Society, 2006.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Description

1 online resource (229 pages)

Note

"June 2006".

Summary

This report examines how employment and labour standards can be used to provide rights and protections for workers in the sex industry. In addition to this key topic, this report considers other relevant areas of law, including: occupational health and safety, municipal, tax, immigration, human rights, family, company, and social welfare law.

Subject

• Prostitutes - Legal status, laws, etc. - Canada.
• Prostitution - Law and legislation - Canada.
• Sex-oriented businesses - Law and legislation - Canada.
• Sex and law - Canada.
• Decriminalization.
• Sexual rights - Canada.
• Human rights - Canada.
• Sex work.
• Sex workers.