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Sex Work: Research and Resources

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Ethics

Journals

Methodology

News

Australasia

Canada

Europe

United Kingdom

Scandinavia

United States

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Journals

Research for Sex Work

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Selected Researchers’ and Resources Websites

Paulo Longo Research Initiative

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*Europe

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The Americas

*USA

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*Canada

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Latin America

Brazil

Adriana Gracia Piscitelli (Gender Studies) Campinas; Thad Blanchette (Anthropology) Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Piscitelli, Blanchette

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*Australasia

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Asia

India

Sarasu Thomas National Law School of India

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Methodology

Ronald Weitzer

Flawed theory and method in studies of prostitution. Violence Against Women 2005 (pdf)
(And subsequent papers in Violence against Women 11(7) July 2005)
New directions in research on prostitution. Crime Law Social Change 2005 (pdf)

Teela Sanders

Getting the green light for red light research 2006 (Word)

Methodological nuances in researching the female sex industry. Sexualities 2006 (pdf)

Becoming a sex work researcher (from Sex Work: A Risky Business 2005)

Researching Sex Work: Dynamics, Difficulties and Decisions. In Hobbs, D. and Wright, R.(eds.)

The Sage Handbook of Fieldwork London: Sage 2005

Frances Shaver

Frances Shaver: Sex work research. Methodological and ethical challenges. J Interpersonal Viol 2005 (abstract)

Benoit and Shaver: Critical issues and new directions in sex work research. Can Rev Soc Anthr 2006 (pdf)

Ine Vanwesenbeeck: Another decade of social scientific work on sex work 1990-2000. Ann Rev Sex Res 2001 12: 242

Julia O'Connell Davidson. If no means no, does yes mean yes. Consenting to research intimacies.Hist Hum Sci 2008 (abstract)

Petra Boynton

Life on the streets: The experiences of community researchers in a study of prostitution. J com App soc Psych 2002 (pdf)

John Lowman

Lowman J. Identifying research gaps in the prostitution literature. Department of Justice, Canada. 2001

Other

Phil Hubbard: Researching female sex work: reflections on geographical exclusion, critical methodologies and ‘useful’ knowledge. Area 1999 (abstract)

Erin Sanders. Researching Prostitution: The Methodological Challenges of Researching Sex Work in Thailand. UK Gender Studies Conf. 2006 (pdf)

Jane Dodsworth: Utilising social work practitioner skills in undertaking academic research with a ‘hidden population’. JSWC 2009 (Power Point)

Ethics

Ethical challenges in research on sex work - a bibliography. Yale 2005 (pdf)

Bebe Loff: Research Ethics, in M Ditmore (ed.) Encyclopedia of Prostitution 2006. pp 395-8

Wendy McElroy: Prostitution - Reconsidering Research. Spintech 1999

Research for Sex Work (pdf)

Sex workers health, HIV/AIDS, ethical issues, care and research. Issue 7, 2004

Sue Metzenrath: In touch with the needs of sex workers; Priscilla Pyett: Doing it together: sex workers and researchers. Issue 1, 1998 pp. 11-3

SWOP: How to be an ally to sex workers

Elizabeth Wood & Renegade Revolution: Building Bridges and Alliances Sex 2.0 May 2009 (Video)

Outline Building Bridges and Alliances between Sex Worker Communities, Researchers & Clients.

Wood and Goodyear: Bridging communities in sex work research. SSSS June 2009 (Powerpoint)

Abstract (Word)

Books

O'Connell Davidson J., Layder D. Methods, Sex and Madness. Routledge, London 1994

Excerpts

“I could write a thesis on people’s reaction to my thesis!”

Julia Laite. The Independent September 15 2005

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Dr Michael Goodyear, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada

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