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Murdered Sex Workers In The UK
This is a list of sex workers who were murdered in the United Kingdom. 19th century 1900 – 1909 1910 – 1919 1920 – 1929 1930 – 1939 1940 – 1949 1950 – 1959 1960 – 1969 1970 – 1979 1980 – 1989 1990 – 1999 2000 – 2009 2010 – 2019 Serial murderers * Alun Kyte (Midlands Ripper) * Anthony Hardy (Camden Ripper) * Gordon Cummins (Blackout Ripper) * David Smith, acquitted of a murder of a sex worker in 1993 only to murder another in 1999 * Jack the Ripper * Jack the Stripper * Peter Sutcliffe (Yorkshire Ripper) * Philip Smith * Stephen Griffiths (Crossbow Cannibal) * Steve Wright (Suffolk Strangler) * Thomas Cream (Lambeth Poisoner) See also * English Collective of Prostitutes * Manchester Action on Street Health * Prostitution in the United Kingdom * Sex Worker Advocacy and Resistance Movement The Sex Worker Advocacy and Resistance Movement (SWARM), formerly known as the Sex Worker Open University (SWOU), was founded in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sex Worker
A sex worker is a person who provides sex work, either on a regular or occasional basis. The term is used in reference to those who work in all areas of the sex industry.Oxford English Dictionary, "sex worker" According to one view, sex work is different from sexual exploitation, or the forcing of a person to commit sexual acts, in that sex work is voluntary "and is seen as the commercial exchange of sex for money or goods". In an attempt to further clarify the broad term "sex work", John E. Exner, an American psychologist, worked with his colleagues to create five distinct classes for categorizing sex workers. One scholarly article details the classes as follows: "specifically, the authors articulated Class I, or the upper class (courtesans) of the profession, consisting of call girls; Class II was referred to as the middle class, consisting of 'in-house girls' who typically work in an establishment on a commission basis; Class III, the lower middle class, were 'streetwalkers' who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack The Stripper
The Hammersmith nude murders is the name of a series of six murders in West London, England, in 1964 and 1965. The victims, all prostitutes, were found undressed in or near the River Thames, leading the press to nickname the killer Jack the Stripper (a reference to " Jack the Ripper"). Two earlier murders, committed in West London in 1959 and 1963, have also been linked by some investigators to the same perpetrator. Despite "intense media interest and one of the biggest manhunts in Scotland Yard's history" the case is unsolved. Forensic evidence gathered at the time is believed to have been destroyed or lost. Victims Elizabeth Figg Figg was found dead at 5:10am on 17 June 1959 by police officers on routine patrol in Duke's Meadows, Chiswick, on the north bank of the River Thames. The park had a reputation as a lovers' lane, and prostitutes were known to take their clients there. Figg's body was found on scrubland between Dan Mason Drive and the river's towpath, appr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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