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Leaving prostitution : getting out and staying out of sex work
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Leaving prostitution : getting out and staying out of sex work / Sharon S. Oselin.
ISBN
9780814785881 (cloth : alk. paper)
0814785883 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780814770375 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0814770371 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Publication
New York : New York University Press, [2014]
Physical Description
xi, 207 pages ; 24 cm.
Summary
"While street prostitutes comprise only a small minority of sex workers, they have the highest rates of physical and sexual abuse, arrest and incarceration, drug addiction, and stigmatization, which stem from both their public visibility and their dangerous work settings. Exiting the trade can be a daunting task for street prostitutes; despite this, many do try at some point to leave sex work behind. Focusing on four different organizations based in Chicago, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, and Hartford that help prostitutes get off the streets, Sharon S. Oselin's Leaving Prostitution explores the difficulties, rewards, and public responses to female street prostitutes' transition out of sex work."--Publishers website.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 04, 2014
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: leaving the tricks and the trade
All in a day's work: the good, bad, and ugly
Getting in: from the streets to the program
Getting on: role distancing
Still getting on: embracing a new role and identity
Getting out: remaining out of sex work.
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