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Using Anticarceral Feminism to Illustrate the Impact of Criminalization on the Lives of Individuals in the Sex Trades.
- Source :
- Affilia: Feminist Inquiry in Social Work; Nov2021, Vol. 36 Issue 4, p511-532, 22p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- This research study is informed by anticarceral feminism to understand and highlight the experiences of violence and oppression that individuals in the sex trade experience as a result of police stings, raids, and incarceration. We present findings from 23 in-depth, qualitative interviews with men, women, and trans individuals who were arrested in the Los Angeles sex trade. More specifically, we explore experiences of violence that occurred interpersonally, systemically, and institutionally. Such experiences examine police violence, arrest and incarceration, coercion, and client violence. The findings from this research shed light on the impact the criminalization of sex work has had on research participants in terms of their physical health and mental health, economic security and opportunities for growth and education, and their sense of freedom and autonomy. We also attend to the role that intersecting identities might have played during their encounters with the police. This study explored these aspects while being mindful that the policies and procedures followed by the police are born out of a carceral state. We conclude with antioppressive and antiviolent implications for social work practice, policy, research, and education as we imagine the next decade of social work in relation to sex trade. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SEX work laws
VIOLENCE & psychology
PRISON psychology
INDIVIDUAL development
FEMINISM
LIBERTY
ATTITUDE (Psychology)
MENTAL health
GROUP identity
PSYCHOLOGY of crime victims
EXPERIENCE
QUALITATIVE research
INTERPERSONAL relations
AUTONOMY (Psychology)
JUDGMENT sampling
STATISTICAL sampling
THEMATIC analysis
FINANCIAL management
POLICE
CRIMINAL justice system
CONTROL (Psychology)
STORYTELLING
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 08861099
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Affilia: Feminist Inquiry in Social Work
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 153370496
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0886109920978565