Exiting Prostitution: A Study in Female Desistance

by Roger Matthews, Lisa Young, Julie Bindel, et al.

Book Overview

Exiting Prostitution provides a critical re-examination of the growing body of literature on exiting and desistance. Moving beyond accounts which are mainly centred on men desisting from crime, this book focuses on female desistance, particularly in relation to prostitution and the exiting process.

With interviews from over one hundred women involved in prostitution, the authors uniquely examine the exiting process considering not only the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137289406
• ISBN13: 9781137289407
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.3"