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The compassionate court? : support, surveillance, and survival in prostitution diversion programs / Corey S. Shdaimah, Chrysanthi S. Leon, and Shelly A. Wiechelt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shdaimah, Corey S., author.
- Leon, Chrysanthi S., author.
- Wiechelt, Shelly A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prostitutes--Rehabilitation--United States.
- Prostitutes.
- Prostitutes--Services for--United States.
- Social work with prostitutes--United States.
- Social work with prostitutes.
- Prostitutes--United States--Case studies.
- Prostitutes--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.
- Courts of special jurisdiction--United States.
- Courts of special jurisdiction.
- Prostitutes--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Prostitutes--Rehabilitation.
- Prostitutes--Services for.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 189 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Temple University Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- "This book draws on interviews and observations from two court-affiliated prostitution diversion programs and a nonprofit agency following participants through court, prison, probation, programming, and returns to their lives. They compare the forces coercing women towards and away from sex work"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Prostitution Diversion Programs
- A New Paradigm or Business as Usual?
- 1: Prostitution Diversion: Criminalization, Individual Responsibility, and Rescue
- 2: Study Sites: PDPs in Baltimore and Philadelphia
- 3: Coercion and Choice
- 4: "I've Been Raped, I've Been Robbed, But I Could Have Been Killed": Intersections of Trauma, Substance Use Problems, and Prostitution in the Eyes of the Court
- 5: "I've [got] Hooker Court every month": Shame and Shaming in PDPs
- 6: Building, Rebuilding, and Surveilling Relationships: Social Connection in the Shadow of the Courts
- 7: Transformative or Conforming Practice?: Navigating the Possible
- 8: "Better than nothing"?
- Appendix A: Original Study Description
- Appendix B: "Looking Back, Looking Forward" Follow Up Study
- Appendix C: Project Dawn Court and Specialized Prostitution Diversion Participants
- Appendix D: Criminal Legal System Professionals.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Shdaimah, Corey S. Compassionate court?
- ISBN:
- 9781439922002
- 1439922004
- 9781439922019
- 1439922012
- OCLC:
- 1353278326
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