# Prostitute's caution

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Type of police caution in the United Kingdom

A **prostitute's caution** is a type of [police caution](/source/Police_caution) in the [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom). They are issued to those the police consider to be "loitering and soliciting".[1] Unlike other forms of police cautions, they are not regulated by statute law, but are based on an agreement between British police chiefs.[2]

## Description

Prostitute's cautions can be used as police as evidence of "persistence" for the criminal offence of [persistently loitering or soliciting](/source/Persistently_loitering_or_soliciting) defined in Section1(1) of the [Street Offences Act 1959](/source/Street_Offences_Act_1959), which states that "the conduct is persistent if it takes place on two or more occasions in any period of three months".[2]

There is no need for a criminal offence to be committed for one to be issued, nor is there any need for the person they are issued to admit to an offence.[3]

Unlike an ordinary police cautions, they do not expire until the person they are issued to reaches the age of 100, making them effectively life-long.[4][5] Having a prostitute's caution can prevent its recipient (usually a woman) from taking on other forms of work that require [vetting](/source/Vetting), such as work in the [care sector](/source/Care_sector).[6]

## See also

- [Prostitution in the United Kingdom](/source/Prostitution_in_the_United_Kingdom)

- [Common prostitute](/source/Common_prostitute)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Proceed Without Caution"](https://prostitutescollective.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Proceed-Without-Caution-Report.pdf) (PDF). *English Collective of Prostitutes*. 2024.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_2-1) ["Sex Workers and the Law"](https://www.release.org.uk/sites/default/files/pdf/publications/SEX_WORKERS_%26_THE_LAW_2017.pdf) (PDF). *release.org.uk*. 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Prostitution and Exploitation of Prostitution | The Crown Prosecution Service"](https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/prostitution-and-exploitation-prostitution). *www.cps.gov.uk*. Retrieved 2024-12-08.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Pearce, Matthew (2024-12-07). ["Call for end to 'draconian' police cautions for sex workers that last until age of 100"](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/dec/07/call-for-end-to-draconian-police-cautions-for-uk-sex-workers-that-last-until-age-of-100). *The Observer*. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0029-7712](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0029-7712). Retrieved 2024-12-08.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["'Prostitute's cautions' need reform, Assembly says | London City Hall"](https://www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/what-london-assembly-does/london-assembly-press-releases/prostitutes-cautions-need-reform-assembly-says). *www.london.gov.uk*. Retrieved 2024-12-08.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Miren, Frankie (2015-03-06). ["'Prostitute Cautions' Are Chaining British Sex Workers to the Streets"](https://www.vice.com/en/article/uk-sex-work-care-jobs-235/). *VICE*. Retrieved 2024-12-08.

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