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~ Melissa Farley (Editor) "SUMMARY. Little has been written about the similarities between domestic violence and prostitution..." (more)
Key Phrases: prostitution survivors, prior prostitution, prostituted women, New York, United States, The Haworth Press (more...)
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Prostitution, Trafficking, and Traumatic Stress offers the reader an analysis of prostitution and trafficking as organized interpersonal violence. Even in academia, law, and public health, prostitution is often misunderstood as "sex work." The book’s 32 contributors offer clinical examples, analysis, and original research that counteract common myths about the harmlessness of prostitution.

Prostitution, Trafficking, and Traumatic Stress extensively documents the violence that runs like a constant thread throughout all types of prostitution, including escort, brothel, trafficking, strip club, and street prostitution. Prostitutes are always subjected to verbal sexual harassment and often have a lengthy history of trauma, including childhood sexual abuse and emotional neglect, economic discrimination, rape, and racism.

International in scope, the book contains cutting-edge contributions from clinical experts in traumatic stress, from attorneys and advocates who work with trafficked women and children and prostituted women. A number of chapters address the complexity of treating the psychological symptoms resulting from prostitution. Others address the survivor’s need for social supports, substance abuse treatment, peer support and culturally relevant services.

Prostitution, Trafficking, and Traumatic Stress examines: The connections between prostitution, incest, sexual harassment, rape, and battering

Clinical symptoms common among those in prostitution, including dissociation, posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and substance abuse

Peer support programs for women escaping prostitution

Culturally relevant services for women escaping prostitution

The connection between prostitution and trafficking, including trafficking from Mexico to the United States, and prostitution of adolescents in Cambodian brothels

Online prostitution

How gay male pornography harms gay men

Accessing public assistance funds for survivors of prostitution


Product Details

  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (March 29, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0789023792
  • ISBN-13: 978-0789023797
  • Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 6 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #451,745 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, November 17, 2004
By Robin Nunn (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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"Prostitution, Trafficking and Traumatic Stress" is a must read! I am a law student and Melissa Farley's book came to me highly recommended by many academics and legal scholars as an important and in-depth look at the sex trade. It represents much of the best research about violence being done in the sex industry worldwide. The book's 32 contributors offer analysis, clinical samples, and research that comprehensively address the harms of prostitution and trafficking. It is grounded in broad and persuasive evidence, and features riveting accounts by advocates and attorneys who work with trafficked and prostituted persons. The book provides up to date analysis of many of the issues that form the basis of the current debates on human rights and the legal status of prostitution. This is an excellent work for anyone who would like to learn more about the economic and sexual exploitation of individuals, who are violated, dehumanized, and traumatized in the commercial sex industry.
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for social services professionals, September 29, 2005
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An absolutely riveting and enlightening work. Once I started reading it I couldn't put it down, and I have already recommended it to several colleagues, who are similarly engrossed. I have worked in the field of substance abuse treatment for almost 18 years, and I am ashamed to admit I waited this long to educate myself on prostitution issues. The statistic that at least half of battered women have also been prostituted in some form is eye opening, but makes complete sense as I look back on my work with many severely distressed clients who were hiding in shame what I failed to see and help them with. This book accurately documents and describes the worldwide condemnation and abandonment of (primarily women) prostitutes to abusive pimps, johns, and the profit motive of the sex industry that promotes the blame-the victim social attitudes that prostitution is legitimate and voluntarily chosen "work". It also give useful direction and resources for working clinically with victims of prostitution. The chapter on the legal nuances and intricacies of obtaining public benefits for prostitution survivors was one of the best analyses I have ever read of how trauma issues hinder access to public benefits (SSI, TANF, etc.)
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Scholarly Masterpiece - Neda Najmi MFT, November 16, 2004
Melissa Farley's editorial masterpiece is truly ground breaking work. The book is ideal for mental health professionals, social workers, law enforcement and government officials, and anyone who is genuinely interested in human rights and protection thereof. The exhaustive research studies presented in the text are extensive, and at times overwhelming, especially the graphic nature of the sex industry, prostitution and the long term implications of this heinous social ill. The book also captures multicultural and global perspectives, laws, effective mental and other health related care giving, and ultimately recovery and integration for victims. This book is one of a kind in the area of trafficking, prostitution and trauma, unique in creating awareness, and a source of unparalled information from which generations will benefit.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book
This book deals with prostitution from the viewpoint of the prostituted. It discusses the trauma of being prostituted and what it does to women and children, specifically the... Read more
Published 6 months ago by R. Hamilton

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