Challenging Perspectives on Street-Based Sex Work Contributor(s): Hail-Jares, Katie (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1439914540 ISBN-13: 9781439914540 Publisher: Temple University Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Prostitution & Sex Trade - Social Science | Criminology |
Dewey: 306.740 |
LCCN: 2016049917 |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.01 lbs) 308 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Are sex workers victims, criminals, or just trying to make a living? Over the last five years, public policy and academic discourse have moved from criminalization of sex workers to victim-based understanding, shaped by human trafficking. While most research focuses on macro-level policies and theories, less is known about the on-the-ground perspectives of people whose lives are impacted by sex work, including attorneys, social workers, police officers, probation officers, and sex workers themselves. Challenging Perspectives on Street-Based Sex Work brings the voices of lower-echelon sex workers and those individuals charged with policy development and enforcement into conversation with one another. Chapters highlight some of the current approaches to sex work, such as diversion courts, trafficking task forces, law enforcement assisted diversion and decriminalization. It also examines how sex workers navigate seldom-discussed social phenomenon like gentrification, pregnancy, imperialism, and being subjects of research. Through dialogue, our authors reveal the complex reality of engaging in and regulating sex work in the United States and through American aid abroad. Contributors include: Aneesa A. Baboolal, Marie Bailey-Kloch, Mira Baylson, Nachale "Hua" Boonyapisomparn, Belinda Carter, Jennifer Cobbina, Ruby Corado, Eileen Corcoran, Kate D'Adamo, Edith Kinney, Margot Le Neveu, Martin A. Monto, Linda Muraresku, Erin O'Brien, Sharon Oselin. Catherine Paquette, Dan Steele, Chase Strangio, Signy Toquinto, and the editors. |