Evaluation of the Effect of Designated Sex-Trade Zones--from the law enforcement perspective of New Taipei City Police

• Main Authors: Chin,Chiu-Nua, 金秋華
• Other Authors: Yi-Hsing Liao
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/72265798994666312683

碩士 === 中華大學 === 行政管理學系碩士班 === 100 === On November 4th, 2011, Social Order Maintenance Act was amended and the principle of sex trade management policy has been altered to prostitutes and clients are now both punishable unless the trade is made in designated zones. However, since the Act was amended, no local government has set up a new designated sex-trade zone. How will this passive attitude affect law enforcement? What are police’s suggestions for the planning and management of the designated zone? To clarify these questions, after reviewing the disputes about sex trade, changes of the domestic management policies, literature and practical experiences of the NTPD, this paper adopts the fourth generation responsive-constructivist evaluation and qualitative research to have in-depth interviews with 15 police officers of the NTPD, 3 opinion leaders and 2 sex trade workers. After data analyzing, the conclusions are 1. The NTPD officers agree to set up a designated zone to effectively management sex trade. 2. In order to have check and balance system, it is not appropriate for the police organization to be competent authorities for the designated zone. 3. The designated zone does not indicate that illegal sex trade will be eradicated. It does not necessarily benefit the efficiency of law enforcement. 4. The new policy that both prostitutes and clients are punishable means the police have to spend more time and manpower to crack down these cases. 5. The legalization of designated sex-trade zone does not curb the police corruption. 6. The current criteria and rules of reward and punishment should be adjusted. 7. The NIMBY effect will be considered when choosing the designated sex-trade zones. 8. The central and local governments should amend relevant regulations to successfully set up designated zones. According to the above findings, this paper also provides research suggestions for central and local governments and police department. Hopefully, the designated zone may be a success, the rights of legal workers may be protected, and illegal workers may be punished severely to fulfill police’s duty of maintaining social order. However, as the amended act came into effect less than one year and this paper focuses on the perspective of the NTPD police officers, it is suggested that more empirical data may be added to future researches.