03939nam a22005775i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020003700100024003500137050001800172072001600190072001500206072002300221072001900244100008100263245015700344250001800501264007200519300004200591336002600633337002600659338003600685347002400721490004400745505044000789520149701229650002402726650001602750650002502766650003302791650003902824650002802863650002002891650003002911650003002941650002502971650003002996650003403026650002603060710003403086773002603120776003603146776003603182830005103218856004603269912001403315912001503329999001703344978-981-99-8448-0DE-He21320251030110858.0cr nn 008mamaa231223s2024    si |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97898199844809978-981-99-8448-07 a10.1007/978-981-99-8448-02doi 4aHV6001-7220.5 7aJKV2bicssc 7a1F2bicssc 7aSOC0040002bisacsh 7aJKVx1F2thema1 aHung, Jason.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut96845710aLegalising Prostitution in Thailandh[electronic resource] :bA Policy-Oriented Examination of the (De-)Construction of Commercial Sex /cby Jason Hung.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aSingapore :bSpringer Nature Singapore :bImprint: Springer,c2024.  aVII, 85 p. 1 illus.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda1 aSpringerBriefs in Sociology,x2212-63760 aAn Overview of Legalising Prostitution in Thailand -- Socioeconomic Construction of Prostitution in Thailand -- Institutional Construction of Prostitution in Thailand -- Revisiting Thailand’s Contemporary Policies on Tolerating “Illegal” Sex Work -- Comprehensive Social, Healthcare and Human Interventions in Curbing Prostitution -- Conclusions: How to Curtail the Legalised Prostitution Rates and Protect Sex Workers’ Rights.  aThis book problematises the socioeconomic and institutional construction of prostitution in Thai contexts, identifying the root causes that propel underprivileged, discriminated and deprived women and girls to enter the sex industry. The author considers Thailand’s tolerance of prostitution and sex trafficking, despite criminalising prostitution since 1960. In doing so, they explain how criminalising prostitution does not lower the odds of women and girls engaging in commercial sex, but rather, legally marginalises them from receiving the necessary social and healthcare support. The book highlights that neither can Thailand pragmatically practice a zero-tolerance stance against prostitution - primarily due to severe police corruption and its heavy reliance on the sex tourism economy to support the national economic growth - nor is Thailand willing to fully crack down on the domestic sex industry. Engaging in an evaluation of how legalising and decriminalising prostitution, along with continuing to implement policies and interventions that alleviate the root causes of prostitution, can help Thailand build a more inclusive society and less-prostitution-reliant economy in the long term, the book provides a nuanced understanding of the relationships between society, inequality, governance, criminality, and policy in Southeast Asian contexts. It is relevant to students and researchers in sociology, socio-criminology, public policy, government and Southeast Asian studies. 0aCriminology.958246 0aSex.966477 0aHuman rights.958427 0aIndustrial sociology.961248 0aHuman bodyxSocial aspects.968458 0aEthnologyxAsia.966900 0aCulture.95915914aAsian Criminology.96845924aSexuality Studies.96846024aHuman Rights.95842724aSociology of Work.96739924aSociology of the Body.96846124aAsian Culture.9669022 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978981998447308iPrinted edition:z9789819984497 0aSpringerBriefs in Sociology,x2212-637696846240uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-8448-0  aZDB-2-LCR  aZDB-2-SXLC  c56881d56881