Making Sense of Prostitution

This book provides a compelling analysis of the conditions in which women are sustained within prostitution in Britain at the end of the millennium. Based on a major empirical study, it is a unique glimpse into how some women, who live lives completely torn apart by poverty, violence and criminalization, are able to understand their lives in prostitution and make sense of the choices they make (including their involvement in prostitution) in their struggles to survive.

List of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: PROSTITUTION ENCLOSED Prostitutes, Prostitution and the Law Ways of Talking about Prostitutes and Prostitution PART II: PROSTITUTION DISCLOSED Risk, Poverty, Poncing and the Contradictions of Involvement in Prostitution Men, Money, Violence and Identity Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index