ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the existing literature on policing prostitution and its shortcomings of the implementation of the Geneva prostitution law through everyday interactions between police and sex workers. Generally, most research on sex work is carried out in countries where prostitution is prohibited as criminalization is the most prevalent worldwide, thereby determining what we know about the influence of legal frameworks on people in prostitution and their relation to state institutions such as the police. Therefore, when looking at police as third parties in prostitution, most of the research looking at police officers focuses on how policing negatively affects sex workers. In order to understand how the Geneva regulatory framework affects interactions between police and sex workers and which different factors influence which aspects of the law are prioritised over others, offers an interpretation of the legal text. While prostitution legislation recognises a need for the protection of sex workers and the creation of a safe working environment.
