Women's Health, Studies, and Feminism

Sex Work: Research and Resources

Index

Ethics

Journals

Methodology

News

Australia

Canada

New Zealand

United Kingdom

United States

 

Journals

Research for Sex Work


 

Selected Researchers’ and Advocates’ Websites

Western Europe

United Kingdom

UK Network of Sex Work Projects (UKNSWP)

Resource Collection (University of the West of Scotland)

 

UK Centre of Excellence in Sex Work Research and Policy

UKCSWRP Blog

Regional Convenors: Kate Hardy, Nicola Smith

 

England

 

 

London

Belinda Brooks-Gordon (Psychology), Anthony Grayling (Philosophy), Petra Boynton (Primary Care and Population Sciences), Graham Scambler (Behavioual and Social Sciences in Medicine), Sophie Day (Anthropology), Helen Ward (Infectious Diseases), Kate Hardy (Geography), Sian Oram (Public Health and Policy) School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Prabha Kotiswaran (Law - Oriental and African Studies) University of London;

Nick Mai (European Transformations), London Metropolitan, Giulia Garofalo (Social Sciences, Media and Cultural Studies) UEL, Ron Roberts (Arts and Social Sciences) Kingston, Jeffrey Weeks, Allan Tyler, Roger Matthews (Social and Policy Studies) Southbank, Carrie Hamilton (Research in Sex, Gender and Sexuality) Meg Arnot (History) Roehampton

 

 

Belinda Brooks-GordonAnthony GraylingPetra BoyntonGraham ScamblerSophie DayHelen WardKate HardySian OramPrabha KotiswaranNick Mai

(L to R: Brooks-Gordon, Grayling, Boynton, Scambler, Day, Ward, Hardy, Oram, Kotiswaran, Mai)

 

Other

Teela Sanders, Julie Ham (Sociology) Leeds, Maggie O'Neill (Social Sciences)[1] Phil Hubbard, Mary Whowell (Geography) Loughborough, Jackie West (Sociology), Judith Squires (Politics), Bristol; Julia O'Connell Davidson (Sociology and Social Policy) Vanessa Munro (Law) Nottingham; Kate Williams (Criminal Justice) UCE Birmingham; Nicola Smith (Political Science) Hera Cook (History) Birmingham, Jo Phoenix, Nicole Westmarland (Sociology and Criminology, Applied Social Sciences), Francisco Klauser (Geography) Durham; Jenny Pearce (Applied Social Studies) Bedfordshire; Suzanne Jenkins (Law) Keele; Maureen Cain (Criminology), Julia Laite (History), Megan Rivers-Moore (PPSIS) Cambridge; Anne Robinson (Community Justice) Sheffield Hallam; Susan Jolly (Participation, Power and Social Change), Jo Doezema, Institute of Development Studies; Bridget Anderson (Migration Policy) Oxford; Alyson Brown (History) Edge Hill, Colleen Moore (Criminology) Anglia Ruskin; John Davies (Centre for Migration Research) Sussex; Nicoletta Policek (Policy Studies) Lincoln, Marina DellaGiusta (Economics) Reading, Chris Ashford (Law) Sunderland;

Victoria Millin (Criminal Justice) Kent; Rosie Campbell, Justin Gaffney, Hilary Kinnell, Tuppy Owens, Laura Seebohn, Ruth Thomas UKNSWP; Mark Adams, Julia Bindman, Simon Flacks, Suzanne Hammond, Katie Hickman, Jane Pitcher, Helen Self, Catherine Stevens, Laura Agustín, Elizabeth Pisani, Peter Tatchell, George McCoy

 

Maggie O'NeillJudith SquiresPhil HubbardMary WhowellJulia O'Connell DavidsonVanessa MunroKate WilliamsNicola SmithHera CookJo PhoenixNicole Westmarlandfrancisco KlauserJenny PearceSuzanne JenkinsJulia LaiteMegan Rivers-MooreAnne RobinsonSusan JollyJo DoezemaBridget AndersonAlyson BrownColleen MooreNicoletta PolicekMarina Della-GiustaChris AshfordHilary KinnellElizabeth PisaniPeter Tatchell

(L to R: O’Neill, Squires, Hubbard, Whowell, O’Connell Davidson, Munro, Williams, Smith, Cook, Phoenix, Westmarland, Klauser, Pearce, Jenkins, Laite, Rivers-Moore, Robinson, Jolly, Doezema, Anderson, Brown, Moore, Policek, DellaGiusta, Ashford, Kinnell, Pisani, Tatchell)

 

Selected Centres

Gender, Sexuality and Law Research Group (Keele)

 

 

Scotland

 

Jane ScoularMary Hepburn

(Scoular, Hepburn)

Jane Scoular (Law) Strathclyde, Linda Cusick, (Applied Social & Health Research), West of Scotland, Mary Hepburn (Reproductive and Maternal Medicine) Glasgow

 

 

Wales

 

Tracey Sagar 

(Sagar)

Tracey Sagar, Social Policy, Swansea

Nikki Jeal, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Cardiff

 


 

Netherlands

 

Joyce OutshoornLorraine Nencel

(Outshoorn, Nencel)

Joyce Outshoorn (Political Science) Leiden; Lorraine Nencel (Social Sciences) Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam ; Ine Vanwesenbeeck, Rutgers Nisso Groep, Utrecht

 

 

Portugal

 

Alexandra Oliveira (Psychology and Educational Sciences) Porto, Madalena Duarte (Social Studies), Coimbra

Alexandra OliveiraMadalena Duarte

(Oliveira, Duarte)

Scandinavia

 

Finland

Johanna Kantola (Political Science), Anne Maria Holli (Law) Helsinki; Anna Kontula (Sociology), Tampere, Elina Ihamäki (Karelian Institute) Joensuu; Marjut Jyrkinen (Management and Organization) Hanken; Gwenaelle Bauvois

Johanna KantolaAnne HolliAnna KontulaGWENAËLLE BAUVOIS

(Kantola, Holli, Kontula, Bauvois)

 

Norway

 

May-Len SkilbreiIrina Polyakova

May-Len Skilbrei, Irina Polyakova (Sociology) Oslo

 

Sweden

 

Charlotta Holmström (Social Work) Malmö; Yvonne Svanström (Economic History) Stockholm; Susanne Dodillet (Literature, History of ideas and Religion) Gothenberg

 

Charlotta HolmströmYvonne SvanströmSuzanne Dodillet

(Holmström, Svanström, Dodillet)

 

Baltic States

Estonia

Judit Strömpl

Judit Strömpl, (Social Policy) Tartu

 


 

USA

 

Canada

Canadian Centre of Excellence in Sex Work Research and Policy

STAR: Sex Trade Advocacy and Research

 

British Columbia

 

Kate ShannonMary ChildsJohn LowmanTamara O'DohertyCecila Benoit

(Shannon, Childs, Lowman, O’Doherty, Benoit)

 

Kate Shannon (Epidemiology) Mary Childs (Law) U British Columbia, John Lowman, Tamara O'Doherty (Criminology) Simon Fraser, Cecilia Benoit, Michelle Bass (Sociology) Victoria, Jeana Tallentire (History) Fraser Valley

 

 

Ontario

 

Alan Young (Law), Kemala Kempadoo (Womens’ Studies), Deborah Brock (Sociology),

Anna Agathangelou (Political Science) York; Audrey Macklin (Law) Toronto, Treena Orchard (Health Studies) Western Ontario; Sandra Ka Hon Chu Canadian HIV/AIDS legal Network

 

Alan YoungKemala KempadooDeborah BrockAnna AgathangelouAudrey MacklinTreena OrchardSandra Chu

(Young, Kempadoo, Brock, Agathangelou, Macklin, Orchard, Chu)

 

 

Emily van der Meulen (Women’s Studies) Queen’s

 

Christine BruckertAnna Bretzlaff

(Bruckert, Bretzlaff)

 

Colette Parent and Christine Bruckert (Criminology), Ottawa, Anna Bretzlaff (European Studies) Carleton

 

Eleanor Maticka-TyndaleJaqueline Lewis

Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale, Jaqueline Lewis (Sociology and Anthropology) Windsor

 

Quebec

Frances Shaver

Frances Shaver (Sociology) Concordia

 

Atlantic

New Brunswick

 

Leslie Jeffrey, Political Science, University of New Brunswick

 

Gayle MacDonald

Gayle MacDonald, Sociology, St Thomas

 

 

Nova Scotia

 

Dalhousie

Charlotte Loppie, Lois Jackson (Health and Human Performance), Catrina Brown (Social Work)

 

Charlotte LoppieLois Jackson

(Loppie, Jackson)

 

Mount Saint Vincent

Meredith RalstonArdath Whynacht

Meredith Ralston (Women’s Studies), Ardath Whynacht (International Office)

Australia

Victoria

Bebe Loff, Human Rights & Bioethics, Monash

New South Wales

 

Raelene Frances

Raelene Frances, History, UNSW

Writing the history of prostitution

 

Others

Sandra Egger (Law) UNSW; Kate Gleeson (Law) Maquarie; Basil Donovan (Public Health) Sydney; Roberta Perkins

Sandra EggerKate GleesonBasil Donovan

(Egger, Gleeson, Donovan)

 

Interview with Basil Donovan and Julie Bates. Good Weekend November 2007

 

Queensland

 

Barbara Sullivan (Political Science) University of Queensland;

Belinda Carpenter (Law) QUT

Barbara SullivanBelinda Carpenter

New Zealand

Jan Jordan, Lynzi Armstrong (Criminology), Pat Mayhew, Elaine Mossman (Crime and Justice Research Centre) Victoria;

Gillian Abel, Cheryl Brunton, Lisa Fitzgerald (Public Health) Christchurch

Jan JordanPat MayhewElaine MossmanGillian AbelCheryl BruntonLisa Fitzgerald

(Jordan, Mayhew, Mossman, Abel, Brunton, Fitzgerald)


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 (abstract)

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

 

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

 


 

News and Events

Gender, Sexuality and Law Research Group (Keele)

Wednesday 17th October 2007: Sex work: Regulating the many faces of sexual labour 1-5.30pm, Chancellor’s Building, Keele, Room CBA 1.102.

With: John Scott, University of New England, Australia, Teela Sanders, University of Leeds, Vanessa Munro, University of Nottingham, Kay Good, X talk project, Jane Pitcher, Independent researcher and volunteer, West Midlands sex worker support service, Becky Adams, Becky’s Kittens massage parlour, Ariana Chevalier, Escort, Suzanne Jenkins, Keele University. Programme and abstracts (word)

 

Good, Chevalier, Munro, Sanders, Jenkins, Pitcher, Scott, Green

(click to enlarge)

 

 

 

Centre for Labour Studies (Simon Fraser)

November 16-17 2007: Labour on the Margins Segal Graduate School of Business SFU, 500 Granville Street 7pm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Dr Michael Goodyear, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada

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[1] Moving to Sociology and Criminology, School of Applied Social Sciences, University of Durham