Coercing cooperation: dob in a prostitute

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Orr, Graeme
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1994
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You are a sex worker - or client. You are arrested under s.2291 of The Criminal Code (Qld) and face up to three years gaol for being ‘without reasonable excuse ... in a place suspected ... of being used for the purposes of prostitution by two or more prostitutes’. "The police point to S.229J. If you agree to give evidence, under cross-examination, about anything relevant to any criminal activity on those premises, you might get off with a certificate of discharge. No conviction, no penalty, just lots of questions asked. What do you do? Do you thank the Goss Government’s largesse in offering an alternative to imprisonment, or do you curse the law that says to you: dob or we’ll wield a big stick?

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Alternative Law Journal

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19

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2

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