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Literature and research

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NHS Open Road Leaflets

Leaflet for service providers

Leaflet for men

Further Leaflets

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Male Survivors
What you should know about men who have been sexually assaulted (Produced by Men Can Stop Rape).

Rape as a Men's Issue
Why men should care about sexual violence (Produced by Men Can Stop Rape).

Safer Cruising
Information for men who have sex with men (Produced by Terrence Higgins Trust Scotland).

SW5 Leaflets

Leaflets are available from the SW5 Project in London by clicking on the following link: SW5.

Please note that all information contained within SW5's leaflets relate to English law and therefore differ in detail to Scots law.

Research

An Overview of Male Sex Work in Edinburgh and Glasgow
An MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit Report giving an overview of the lifestyles and experiences of men involved in on-street sex work in Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Drug Use, Sex Work and the Risk Environment in Dublin
NACD study exploring female and male problematic drug-using sex workers’ lived experience of risk, and how the risk environment can mediate the individual’s capacity to reduce the risk of harm.

An ethnographic analysis of male escorting websites
Research examining how escorting websites are structured and function to create a ‘contact culture’ in Scotland and to examine the use of online male escort profiles as ‘cultural artefacts’ which highlight barriers and challenges for future health outreach to websites and indoor sex workers. Presented in powerpoint, the full research document is available upon request.

Further Reading

Prostitution Bill Dec 07
Prostitution (Public Places) (Scotland) Act 2007
(Legislation produced by the Crown Office for Scotland).

Men Involved in Prostitution
Men Involved in Prostitution in Glasgow - A summary of agency responses
(Produced by the NHS Open Road).

NHS Open Road Evaluation
An evaluation of NHS Open Road for NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, July 2010.

Vulnerable Young Males

A set of papers investigating the vulnerabilities of young males in Glasgow City, produced by Glasgow City Council – Social Work Child Protection and Youth Justice Departments and the Young Women's Project, NHS Open Road and Barnardo's Safer Choices.

What works with Vulnerable Young Males?
A literature review

Encouraging Help-Seeking Behaviours with Vulnerable Young Males
A literature review

Vulnerable Young Males
A needs and risks profile

Vulnerable Young Males – Young Person's Perspective
An analysis of young persons' questionnaires

Vulnerable Young Males – Service's Perspective
An analysis of services' questionnaires