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The Ontario Crown Attorney\u2019s office refers male clients arrested for attempting to buy sex to this court diversion program. SBA focuses on education and accountability for clients by addressing the demand side of the issue of prostitution.<\/p>\n<p>Also known as \u2018John School,\u2019 the SBA is a one-day eight-hour group session, which includes speakers from the community. Topics include violence in the sex industry, the law, health risks and myths and realities of the sex trade. Group discussions allow the participants to reflect on their behaviour, false justifications, and the many harms caused by prostitution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe talk about pornography, prostitution, and human trafficking \u2013 they are all forms of violence against women,\u201d says Michele Hines,\u00a0Program Counsellor with The Salvation Army Correctional and Justice Services.<\/p>\n<p>SBA is a program paid for by participants, which helps to fund the Cornerstone program, a community-based education, life skills and support program for persons-at-risk or involved in the sex trade.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe only way to address the harm that is being caused, to reduce and ultimately eradicate prostitution and human trafficking is to address the role of the \u2018John,\u2019 to ask why there is a demand for paid sex in the first place,\u201d Michele explains.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Since starting in 2010, arrests for prostitution were at the street level, but these cases are now rare, having been replaced by men going online to buy sex, which is anonymous and more easily accessible.\u00a0 This anonymity emboldens more men to seek out opportunities to pay for sex.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is the \u2018John\u2019 that creates the demand for the paid sex industry,\u201d Michele says. \u201cIf there is no demand there is no need for supply, which then eliminates the trauma and long-lasting harm to women and children in the sex trade. When men stop buying women and girls, prostitution and human trafficking will cease to exist. It begins and ends with the \u2018John.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since 2010, over 300 men have completed the program, which runs several times a year in London, depending on need, which is consistently increasing due to easy accessibility of online ads for paid sex.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe program addresses the socialization of men, the examination of gender stereotypes and the role of pornography in relation to the existence of prostitution and human trafficking,\u201d Michele says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThey are all connected and must all be addressed if we are ever going to achieve the abolition of the sexual exploitation of women and children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about this and other programs run by The Salvation Army in Correctional and Justice Services, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cjslondon.ca\">www.cjslondon.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A transformative one-of-a-kind program by The Salvation Army\u2019s Correctional and Justice Services is helping to address some of the harms of the sex trade and human trafficking. 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