Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Courses for Kerbcrawlers
Kerb crawlers in Ipswich could be sent on rehabilitation courses to get a glimpse of the realities of prostitution. This is in response to the Ipswich murders.
It is a different strategy,as most kerb crawlers, are named and shamed. The course has been successful in Dorset,Hampshire and Nottinghamshire.
I wait to see whether this strategy will have an effect on their behaviour.
One of the ideas being mooted following their killings in the hope of helping women off the streets is to send those caught kerb crawling on a programme known as the Change Course.
It looks at the reasons women are prostitutes and the abuse they face on the streets, as well as questioning men about their reasons for using sex workers.
The course has already had some success in Nottinghamshire, Dorset and Hampshire and Ipswich is considering adopting the programme, although discussions are said to be at a very early stage.
Quotes from Course may explain evils of prostitution by the Suffolk Evening Star.
I wonder what reasons these men will use, to explain their attendance on these courses, to their employers,friends and family.
Labels: Ipswich Murders, Kerb crawlers, Kerbcrawler courses, News, Suffolk Evening Star
