On June 4, 2014, the Harper government introduced legislation to criminalize the purchase of sexual services and crack-down on those who reap the monetary benefits. The new bill is intended to reduce the demand for sexual services and protect those who sell such services from exploitation as well as shield children and communities. This new law is the government’s response to a Supreme Court of Canada decision that struck down key provisions of the country’s prostitution laws.
In Volume 54, Issue 2 of the Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 238 Canadian undergraduate students investigated their knowledge of and attitude toward Canada’s prostitution legislation in the article “Attitudes, Beliefs, and Knowledge of Prostitution and the law in Canada”. Read the article and find out what the students unveiled and visit citynews.ca to learn all about the details of the new legislation.
