Exiting Prostitution
A Study in Female Desistance
Authors: Matthews, R., Easton, H., Young, L., Bindel, J.
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- About this book
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How people move from deviant to conventional lifestyles is an issue that has attracted considerable interest over the past few years. However, much of this work has focused on men desisting from crime. This book provides one of the first examinations of desistance which is centred on women and, more specifically, how they exit prostitution.
- About the authors
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Author Roger Matthews: Roger Matthews is Professor of Criminology at London South Bank University, UK. He is Head of the Crime Reduction and Community Safety Research Group. He is sole author of Armed Robbery and Prostitution, Politics and Policy. He has also produced joint authored texts on community safety and edited a number of books on criminological theory, imprisonment and crime control.
- Reviews
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"Prostitution is an emotive subject and for too long warring ideologies have impeded necessary social scientific evidence gathering on the topic. This study transcends such debates, treating sex workers neither as offenders to be punished nor as helpless victims to be rescued. The result is a fascinating, important analysis of how women involved in prostitution are able to take control over their own lives." - Shadd Maruna, Dean, School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers University Newark, USA
- Table of contents (6 chapters)
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The Dynamics of Exiting and Desistance
Pages 1-19
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Examining the Process of Change
Pages 20-44
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Barriers and Opportunities
Pages 45-71
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Exiting Among Women Involved in On-Street and Off-Street Prostitution
Pages 72-94
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Models of Service Provision
Pages 95-121
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Exiting Prostitution
- Book Subtitle
- A Study in Female Desistance
- Authors
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- R. Matthews
- Helen Easton
- Lisa Young
- Julie Bindel
- Copyright
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Copyright Holder
- Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-137-28942-1
- DOI
- 10.1057/9781137289421
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-1-137-28941-4
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-137-28940-7
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- IX, 162
- Topics
