ABSTRACT

This paper explores the current approach to the interaction between policing and sex work in England and Wales. It reviews the legal and policy context and outlines current policing guidance and priorities, introducing the Harm Reduction Compass as a mechanism to advance policing policy and optimise operational decision-making. Through critical discussion of occupational culture and reforms in policing, it also assesses how continuity, reliability, and transferability can be achieved across police forces within the existing hostile and outdated statutory framework. The Harm Reduction Compass (HRC) aims to focus policing resources on adult sexual exploitation and crimes experienced by sex workers by decoding the complexities of different individuals’ personal circumstances. This paper proposes a new framework as a model to aid operational policing by triaging different scenarios to reach the most appropriate response. This new model, which identifies autonomy and harm as the most significant indicators, addresses harm and vulnerability holistically and combines policing with public health and community-based approaches; this ensures the pathway to assistance and intervention is an integrated multi-partnership. The HRC is a step forward in progressing police culture around the use of language and in dealing with crimes against sex workers in the most appropriate way.

摘要

本文探讨了当前英格兰和威尔士警务与性工作相互作用的方法。它审查了法律和政策背景并概述了当前的警务指导和优先事项，引入了减少危害指南作为推进警务政策和优化运营决策的机制。通过对职业文化和警务改革的批判性讨论，它还评估了如何在现有敌对和过时的法规框架内跨警察部队实现连续性、可靠性和可转移性。减少伤害指南针 (HRC) 旨在通过解读不同个人个人情况的复杂性，将警务资源集中在性工作者所经历的成人性剥削和犯罪上。本文提出了一个新框架作为模型，通过对不同场景进行分类以达到最合适的响应来辅助操作警务。这一新模式将自主性和伤害确定为最重要的指标，从整体上解决伤害和脆弱性问题，并将警务与公共卫生和基于社区的方法相结合；这确保了获得援助和干预的途径是一个综合的多方伙伴关系。HRC 是在围绕语言使用和以最适当的方式处理针对性工作者的犯罪方面发展警察文化方面向前迈出的一步。全面解决伤害和脆弱性问题，并将警务与公共卫生和基于社区的方法相结合；这确保了获得援助和干预的途径是一个综合的多方伙伴关系。HRC 是在围绕语言使用和以最适当的方式处理针对性工作者的犯罪方面发展警察文化方面向前迈出的一步。全面解决伤害和脆弱性问题，并将警务与公共卫生和基于社区的方法相结合；这确保了获得援助和干预的途径是一个综合的多方伙伴关系。HRC 是在围绕语言使用和以最适当的方式处理针对性工作者的犯罪方面发展警察文化方面向前迈出的一步。