ABSTRACT
The prostitution policies that originated in Malta under the British rule in the nineteenth century preceded the Contagious Diseases Act in 1864. Echoing Levine, Howell explains that although there was no definition of "prostitution", the nineteenth-century model of prostitution considered that sex workers were only women and through their sexuality and work they could spread serious diseases. Malta's first criminologist, Joseph Semini, also studied prostitution in his book Some Points on Criminology. In Malta there are no legal sex establishments and consequently no work conditions regulate these premises. However, there are apartments that are rented and used as sex establishments. In Malta the implementation of policies that aim to regulate prostitution were delegated to the police force. To enforce the current policies and control prostitution, police from the district police stations together with specialized sections, like the Vice Squad, investigate any irregularities as determined by the laws of Malta.
