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Being Outside: CONSTRUCTING A RESPONSE TO STREET PROSTITUTION
Chapter One: INTRODUCTION
The Expert Group on Prostitution in Scotland was set up in August 2003 with a remit to review the legal, policing, health and social justice issues surrounding prostitution in Scotland and to consider options for the future. Group membership has been drawn from the legal and health professions, from academic institutions, from police and prison services, from local authorities and from voluntary organisations. The emphasis has been on bringing together representatives with operational or research experience in this field in order to ensure that consideration of this complex and challenging issue is well informed and soundly based.
In launching the Group, the Deputy Minister for Justice, Hugh Henry, said: 'Our ultimate goal is providing more effective support for helping women out of prostitution. I hope the Group will take this opportunity to explore all the issues that impact on us achieving that goal.' It was envisaged that the Group would have a life span of three years, and that its work would be divided into stages with regular reports to Ministers on progress. This report comprises the Group's first report to Ministers at the completion of the first year's work.
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