Updates

Soul Destruction: Unforgivable – Very Nearly Here!

Firstly, I want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has been following my blog. Above is the cover for my debut novel, Soul Destruction: Unforgivable, which will be released on 29 April 2013 and will be available worldwide in paperback and ebook. Pre-orders can be made from 29 March 2013 direct from the publishers, Caffeine Nights http://www.caffeine-nights.com.

Once the London launch party is finalised, I will send out another update for anyone who would like to attend. For those outside London and abroad, there will also be an online launch, and I will send an update with that information too. There will also be book signings, which I expect will be in London and perhaps the Home Counties, unless anyone would like to fly me abroad 🙂

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Thank you again for your support and interest in my work. I hope you love my debut novel, Soul Destruction: Unforgivable, and will look forward to reading more of the Soul Destruction series.

Best wishes

Ruth

Cry for the Merseyside Model: Crimes Against People in Prostitution/Sex Workers Must Be Treated As Hate Crimes UK Wide

Crimes against people in prostitution are not only hate crimes when they occur in Merseyside, they are hate crimes wherever they occur. The Merseyside model must be made UK wide.

Ruth Jacobs

These very real women photographed above are dead. They were murdered, and most of their cases remain unsolved. Women in prostitution suffer higher rates of murder [the mortality rate for women in prostitution in London is twelve times the national average – Home Office 2004a], higher rates of rape [more than half have been raped and/or seriously sexually assaulted in the UK – Home Office 2004b], and higher rates of physical violence [at least three quarters have been physically assaulted – Home Office 2004b]. And when they are made to disappear, most of society does not care.

In 2006, Merseyside police declared crimes against sex workers* hate crimes. The results are so astounding I cried reading them. In Liverpool, in 2009, police convicted 90% of those who raped sex workers. In 2010, the overall conviction rate in Merseyside for crimes against sex workers was 84%, with a 67% conviction rate for rape. 6.5% is the national…

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Human Trafficking Awareness Month

January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month. In light of this, I am running a series of interviews with advocates and activists, as well as survivors of human trafficking and sexual exploitation. The interviews can be read here.

Raising awareness is part of the solution to abolishing human trafficking and sexual exploitation. To join the fight against modern day slavery, you can help by spreading the message.

In the Booth with Ruth – Human Trafficking Awareness Month Interviews

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“When you think about slavery, if you think about slavery, you probably associate it with the sex trade. And for a good reason. 8 of 10 human trafficking cases worldwide involve the sex industry in one way or another. The others involve labor trafficking, people being made to work in sub-human conditions in factories and farms and shadow businesses worldwide.”

From www.enditmovement.com