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VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Volume 10, Issue 4, Pages 357-385Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1077801204263199
Keywords
drug use; prostitution; rape; sex work; violence
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This study employed survey and focus group methods to examine the characteristics and sex work-related behaviors of 294 female street-based sex workers in Miami that make them more likely to be victimized by their clients or dates. More than half the respondents had experienced date violence in the prior year. Economic desperation, using crack or heroin while working, not controlling the date location, and having sex in the car were strong predictors of victimization. The article concludes with recommendations for a harm-reduction approach to outreach and education, and it calls for increased legal protections for victimized sex workers.
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