| Description |
xi, 207 pages ; 24 cm |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| Subject |
Prostitution -- United States.
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Prostitutes -- Rehabilitation -- United States.
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Prostitutes -- Services for -- United States.
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Prostitutes -- Rehabilitation.
(OCoLC)fst01079551
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Prostitutes -- Services for.
(OCoLC)fst01079553
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Prostitution. (OCoLC)fst01079562
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| ISBN |
9780814785881 (cloth: alkaline paper) |
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0814785883 (cloth: alkaline paper) |
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9780814770375 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
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0814770371 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
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