This book provides a compelling analysis of the conditions in which women are sustained within prostitution in Britain at the end of the millennium. Based on a major empirical study, it is a unique glimpse into how some women, who live lives completely torn apart by poverty, violence and criminalization, are able to understand their lives in prostitution and make sense of the choices they make (including their involvement in prostitution) in their struggles to survive.

JOANNA PHOENIX is Lecturer in Criminology at Middlesex University.

About the Author
JOANNA PHOENIX is Lecturer in Social and Policy Sciences at Bath University.

Reviews
'...tightly structured and clear...it is refreshing to find such a well-researched and well-written book that confronts and exposes both the good and the bad things about being a street prostitute in a big city at the millennium.' - The British Journal of Criminology 'A complex and sensitive portrait.' - American Journal of Sociology



Book Information
ISBN 9780333749890
Author J. Phoenix
Format Hardback
Page Count 200
Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan