Law Enforcement on Child Protection From the Sexual Exploitation of Tourism in Phuket

Abstract

The sexual exploitation on children has mostly observed in Phuket. Laws played an important role in protecting children from sexual exploitation. The studies of laws enforcement for protecting children from sexual exploitation of tourism in Phuket. This research aimed to study related law enforcement in sexual exploitation, the research methods have been divided into 2 steps: The first was interview section, for studying laws enforcement by interviewing 15 local officers including police officers, prosecutors, judges, and social welfare staffs. The second was focus group by local sectors: police officers, prosecutors, judges, social development and human security officers, hotel entrepreneurs, entertainment business owners, and lawyers.  This study investigated the law enforcement problems improving in Phuket.

            The results showed there was the lack of cooperation in local officers and sectors for protecting children from the sexual exploitation in tourism. The law enforcement was not effective. The nature of sexual exploitation from tourism was characterized by offenses which many parties have involved. This realized the laws unable to be enforced in the problematic conditions. It was therefore necessary to establish provisions relating to the sexual exploitation in tourism. The law enforcement on the protection of children from sexual exploitation in Phuket has brought benefits for children protection.