The field of sex work has undergone a massive expansion in the past ten years. In this new edition, three leading researchers come together to provide an interdisciplinary outline of sex work. This book provides comprehensive coverage of key areas common to the study of the female sex industry, as well as considering issues relating to male and transgender sex workers, young people who are sexually exploited, and migrant sex workers. It also includes discussion of more recent forms of commercial sex such as Internet-based sex work.
International in perspective, Prostitution combines sociological approaches with criminology and criminal justice studies, social policy, health research and sexuality studies. New to this edition:
· Updated summaries of policy and law, particularly in relation to UK legal changes from 2008 onwards
· Methodological insights and discussions on ethics, fieldwork and participatory action research
· New images and case studies from the authors’ research projects
Table of Content
Chapter 1 – The Sociology of Sex Work
Chapter 2 – The Cultural Context of Commerce and Sex
Chapter 3 – Sex Workers and Sex Work
Chapter 4 – Children, Young People and CSEC
Chapter 5 – Buying Sexual Services
Chapter 6 – Sex Workers, Labour Rights and Unionization
Chapter 7 – Crime Justice and the Sex Industry in the UK
Chapter 8 – Communities, Services and Welfare
Chapter 9 – International Models of Regulating Sex Work
Chapter 10 – Globalisation and the Sex Trade
Chapter 11 – Researching the Sex Industry
About the author
Jane Pitcher completed an ESRC-funded Ph D in Social Sciences at Loughborough University which explored the working experiences of sex workers in different indoor settings in Great Britain, drawing on in-depth interviews with adult female, male and transgender sex workers. She has more than 20 years’ research and evaluation expertise in voluntary, academic and public sector organizations, including recently working on a study of internet-based sex work, Beyond the Gaze, with co-researchers at the universities of Leicester and Strathclyde and is co-author of Internet Sex Work: Beyond the Gaze (Palgrave 2017). She has undertaken research and published on sex work and services to sex workers, criminal justice and community safety and labour market disadvantage, as well as teaching a postgraduate module on Feminism and Sex Industries. Her research interests include intimate labour, labour market structures and gender, and policy responses to sex work.
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