The Nordic Criminal Model approach to sex work , [1] also marketed as the end demand , [2] equality model , [3] neo-abolitionism , [4] Nordic and Swedish model , [5] is an approach to sex work that criminalises clients, third parties and many ways sex workers operate.
It shouldn't be as easy as it was before to go out and sell sex. The model was first instituted in Sweden in and then into effect in Norway in as part of the Sex Buyer Law.
Conversely, organizations for the rights of sex workers , such as the Global Network of Sex Work Projects , as well as global human rights organizations like Human Rights Watch , Amnesty International , and committee of the United Nations do not support the Nordic Criminal Model and call for the decriminalization of sex work.
They state the Nordic Criminal Model relies upon stigmatizing pretenses that all sex work is abusive, and that prohibition such as those prescribed under the Nordic Criminal Model threaten the livelihoods and safety of sex workers. Its purpose was to evaluate how the law had affected the sex industry since its implementation in until The report stated that street prostitution had been reduced by half; it reported that in Copenhagen , Oslo , and Stockholm , street prostitution was at similar levels in , but it was three times higher in Copenhagen and Oslo than in Stockholm in The Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality of the European Parliament stated in that "Sweden's prostituted population is one-tenth of neighbouring Denmark's where sex purchase is legal and has a smaller population.
The law has also changed public opinion. Moreover, the Swedish police confirm that the Nordic model has had a deterrent effect on trafficking for sexual exploitation. A report by the Swedish government stated that street prostitution had halved in the previous 10 years but that escort advertisements had increased from to 6,; however, the report also stated that an increase in advertisements did not necessarily mean that the number of escorts had increased.
