Underage commercial sex and criminal prosecutions: Who really are the victims? A Singapore perspective

• 主要作者: MOHAN, S. Chandra
• 格式: text
• 語言: English
• 出版: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2016
• 主題: Penal Code; Commercial Sex; Punishment; Victimization; Asian Studies; Criminal Law
• 在線閱讀: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/1869; https://search.library.smu.edu.sg/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma99209711702601&context=L&vid=65SMU_INST:SMU_NUI&lang=en&search_scope=Everything&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=Everything&query=any,contains,Interpersonal%20Criminology:%20Revisiting%20Interpersonal%20Crimes%20and%20Victimization&offset=0

In 2008 Singapore created a new offence under the Penal Code of under-aged commercial sex with any person below 18 years. The chapter discusses the many questions that arise from various cases and examines whether the prosecution and imprisonment of these offenders under the new law represent just d...