Leaving Prostitution : Getting Out and Staying Out of Sex Work /

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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 d...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Oselin, Sharon S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Prostitution.
Prostitutes > Services for.
Prostitutes > Rehabilitation.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
Prostituees > Services > États-Unis.
Prostitution > United States.
Prostitutes > Rehabilitation > United States.
Prostitutes > Services for > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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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 d.
Physical Description:1 online resource (224 pages).
ISBN:9780814770726

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