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The impacts of the criminalisation of the purchase of sex will be explored examining empirical evidence specifically focusing on the following issues: estimated numbers involved in prostitution selling sex [22] ; attitudinal change; application of the law; demand for the purchase of sex; impacts on individuals involved in prostitution; uptake of services to exit prostitution.
Estimated numbers involved in prostitution [23]. It is difficult to establish a complete picture of the numbers involved in prostitution as there are several methodological challenges to estimating accurate numbers involved in the sale of sexual services Mujaj and Netscher, Internationally, most attention and estimates of numbers involved in prostitution focus on street-based prostitution.
This means that potentially the largest forums for the sale of sex are overlooked, and also results in the circumstances of individuals involved in street- based prostitution being expanded to discussions of prostitution more generally.
