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Contemporary Justice Review
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Why is prostitution criminalized? An alternative viewpoint on the construction of sex work

Rebecca Hayes‐Smith Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, Central Michigan University, Mt Pleasant, Michigan, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Zahra Shekarkhar Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Pages 43-55 | Published online: 09 Feb 2010

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Steve N. Du Bois, Lynn Kannout & Stephen D. Ramos. (2023) Examining partnership-health associations among full-service sex workers. Sexual and Relationship Therapy 38:4, pages 653-666.
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Cecilia Benoit, S. Mikael Jansson, Michaela Smith & Jackson Flagg. (2018) Prostitution Stigma and Its Effect on the Working Conditions, Personal Lives, and Health of Sex Workers. The Journal of Sex Research 55:4-5, pages 457-471.
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Marta Méndez-Juez, Sandra García-Santamaría & Sergio Pérez-Castaños. (2023) Prostitution Under Debate in Spain: Citizens’ Perceptions of Its Prohibition. Sexuality Research and Social Policy 20:4, pages 1419-1429.
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Edward Helderop, Tony H. Grubesic, Dominique Roe-Sepowitz & Jorge A. Sefair. (2022) Prostitution Arrest Spatial Forecasting in an Era of Increasing Decriminalization. Urban Science 7:1, pages 2.
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Denton Callander, Alicia Thilani Singham Goodwin, Dustin T. Duncan, Christian Grov, Wafaa El-Sadr, Mariah Grant, R.J. Thompson, Molly Simmons, J. Leigh Oshiro-Brantly, Krish J. Bhatt & Étienne Meunier. (2022) “What will we do if we get infected?”: An interview-based study of the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on the health and safety of sex workers in the United States. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health 2, pages 100027.
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Hassan Joulaei, Nooshin Zarei, Mohammadali Khorsandian & Amir Keshavarzian. (2021) Legalization, Decriminalization or Criminalization; Could We Introduce a Global Prescription for Prostitution (Sex Work)?. International Journal of High Risk Behaviors and Addiction 10:3.
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Matthew M Kavanagh, Schadrac C Agbla, Marissa Joy, Kashish Aneja, Mara Pillinger, Alaina Case, Ngozi A Erondu, Taavi Erkkola & Ellie Graeden. (2021) Law, criminalisation and HIV in the world: have countries that criminalise achieved more or less successful pandemic response?. BMJ Global Health 6:8, pages e006315.
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Helena Bonache, Naira Delgado, Afroditi Pina & Juan A. Hernández-Cabrera. (2021) Prostitution Policies and Attitudes Toward Prostitutes. Archives of Sexual Behavior 50:5, pages 1991-2006.
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Yaiza Rojas-Matas. 2021. Power in Vulnerability. Power in Vulnerability 113 130 .
Maria Slim, Chadia Haddad, Elsa Sfeir, Clara Rahme, Souheil Hallit & Sahar Obeid. (2020) Factors influencing women’s sex work in a Lebanese sample: results of a case-control study. BMC Women's Health 20:1.
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Alexander H. Updegrove, Lisa R. Muftic & Nicole Niebuhr. (2018) Criminal Justice System Outcomes for Buyers, Sellers, and Facilitators of Commercial Sex in Houston, Texas. Crime & Delinquency 65:11, pages 1596-1618.
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Cecilia Benoit, Michaela Smith, Mikael Jansson, Priscilla Healey & Doug Magnuson. (2018) “The Prostitution Problem”: Claims, Evidence, and Policy Outcomes. Archives of Sexual Behavior 48:7, pages 1905-1923.
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Cecilia Benoit, Mikael Jansson, Michaela Smith & Jackson Flagg. (2017) “Well, It Should Be Changed for One, Because It’s Our Bodies”: Sex Workers’ Views on Canada’s Punitive Approach towards Sex Work. Social Sciences 6:2, pages 52.
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DJ WilliamsM. Candace ChristensenMoshoula Capous-Desyllas. (2018) Social Work Practice and Sexuality: Applying a Positive Sexuality Model to Enhance Diversity and Resolve Problems. Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services 97:4, pages 287-294.
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Matthew Kavanagh, Schadrac C. Agbla, Marissa Joy, Kashish Aneja, Mara Pillinger, Alaina Case, Ngozi A. Erondu, Taavi Erkkola & Ellie Graeden. (2021) Law, Criminalization and HIV in the World: Have Countries That Criminalize Achieved More or Less Successful Pandemic Response?. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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