| Description |
1 online resource |
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Pathways through sex work : historical, legislative and theoretical perspectives -- Selling sex : an historical, legislative and policy perspective -- Routes into sex work : who, why and how? -- Managing involvement in selling sex : staying, leaving, surviving -- Pathways through sex work : experiences of victimhood and agency -- Managing the coexistence of roles and identities -- Group one : "Who I am" -- Group two : "What I do" -- Group three : "Not for me" -- Resilience and agency -- References |
| Summary |
This book explores the accounts of 24 sex workers to identify risk and protective factors influencing routes into, through and out of sexual exploitation and sex work. It considers the meanings ascribed to key experiences in childhood, adolescence, adulthood, parenting and relationships, and how these influence the women's ability to manage a series of roles and identities. In doing so, it identifies the choices they feel empowered or forced to make. Pathways into Sexual Exploitation and Sex Work suggests that those who are likely to be most vulnerable and those most likely to manage life experiences is determined by the accumulation of particular risk factors. These can be especially identified in early childhood, the personal, familial and wider ecological resources available to individuals from childhood, and the meaning attached by individuals to early experiences of adversity. Importantly, it identifies the need to take a holistic, strengths-based approach to policy and practice with those involved - whatever their age |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Prostitution.
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Child prostitution.
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Ethical issues: prostitution & sex industry.
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Gender studies: women.
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Sexual abuse & harassment.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Child prostitution
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Prostitution
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Ethical issues & debates.
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Gender studies: women & girls.
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Sexual abuse & harassment.
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Society.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781137431769 |
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1137431768 |
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9781137431776 |
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1137431776 |
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