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Trafficking, rape, or deceptive sex? a historical examination of procurement offences in England
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Lammasniemi, Laura (2023) Trafficking, rape, or deceptive sex? a historical examination of procurement offences in England. Social & Legal Studies, 32 (4). pp. 499-518. doi:10.1177/09646639221129107 ISSN 0964-6639.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09646639221129107
Abstract
This article examines the origins of procurement offences and their historical development in England. Procurement offences were created in 1885 to tackle so-called white slavery, as trafficking in women was then sensationally called. Through an analysis of a series of lower-level and appeal cases heard between the years of 1885 and 1925 and their social context, this article dispels myths about procurement for prostitution as an international, organised crime, showing instead how it was localised and poverty driven. The article also shows how procurement transformed from a narrowly defined trafficking-related offence into a broadly applied sexual offence. It came to be used as a ‘catch-all’ sexual offence that had the potential to encompass various distinct offences, from trafficking, rape and child sex abuse to deceptive sex. The legal history of the procurement is of particular importance as deception and questions of conditional consent remain deeply contested in modern criminal law.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman K Law [Moys] > KM Common Law, Public Law |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Criminal law -- Great Britain -- History, Law reform -- Great Britain, Prostitution -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century, Sex role -- Great Britain, Criminal justice, Administration of -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century, Sex crimes -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain, Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Great Britain -- History | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Social & Legal Studies | ||||||||
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0964-6639 | ||||||||
Official Date: | August 2023 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 32 | ||||||||
Number: | 4 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 499-518 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1177/09646639221129107 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 27 September 2022 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 28 September 2022 | ||||||||
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