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Leaving Prostitution is a wonderfully rich sociological study of a group that society marginalizes and stigmatizes. Despite America's capitalistic society, earning money through sex continues to draw cultural contempt. Street prostitutes are particularly scorned as they often represent racial/ethnic minorities and lower socioeconomic classes, and they generally need to be publicly visible to market themselves. Oselin's work goes beyond investigating the entry into and maintenance of sex work. She offers sex work scholarship an interesting perspective on the role exiting process for female prostitutes using an ethnographic approach. The writing is not too heavily reliant upon academic style and research references, with the flow of the piece making it accessible to multiple audiences. -Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books Oselin's book is an all too rare, wide angled look at organizations helping individuals exit stigmatized and illegal subcultures and the conditions that determine success. What she finds is shocking - despite the vast attention devoted to 'saving' prostitutes, the long term, often expensive residential programs most successful in countering the stigmatizing, criminalized world of the streets, are rare. Troubling all easy narratives about prostitution, this book will be an eye opener for policy makers and service providers hoping to help those who want to leave the streets/exit stigmatizing and illegal subcultures. -Barbara Brents,co-author of The State of Sex: Tourism, Sex, and Sin in the New American Heartland Leaving Prostitution is a major contribution to our understanding of sex work. Through an in-depth examination of organizations that help women transition out of street prostitution, Sharon Oselin sheds light on a dimension of sex work that has rarely been researched. The book illuminates both the organizational dynamics of different agencies and the conditions involved in the process of exiting prostitution. No other book examines this topic in such depth. -Ronald Weitzer,author of Legalizing Prostitution: From Illicit Vice to Lawful Business

Leaving Prostitution is a major contribution to our understanding of sex work. Through an in-depth examination of organizations that help women transition out of street prostitution, Sharon Oselin sheds light on a dimension of sex work that has rarely been researched. The book illuminates both the organizational dynamics of different agencies and the conditions involved in the process of exiting prostitution. No other book examines this topic in such depth. -Ronald Weitzer, author of Legalizing Prostitution: From Illicit Vice to Lawful Business

Leaving Prostitution challenges us to notice the vulnerability women experience as street prostitutes but also to honor the choices women make and the strength and commitment they demonstrate as they create new lives away from the street. -PsycCRITQUES Oselin's book is an all too rare, wide angled look at organizations helping individuals exit stigmatized and illegal subcultures and the conditions that determine success. What she finds is shocking - despite the vast attention devoted to 'saving' prostitutes, the long term, often expensive residential programs most successful in countering the stigmatizing, criminalized world of the streets, are rare. Troubling all easy narratives about prostitution, this book will be an eye opener for policy makers and service providers hoping to help those who want to leave the streets/exit stigmatizing and illegal subcultures. -Barbara Brents,co-author of The State of Sex: Tourism, Sex, and Sin in the New American Heartland Leaving Prostitution is a major contribution to our understanding of sex work. Through an in-depth examination of organizations that help women transition out of street prostitution, Sharon Oselin sheds light on a dimension of sex work that has rarely been researched. The book illuminates both the organizational dynamics of different agencies and the conditions involved in the process of exiting prostitution. No other book examines this topic in such depth. -Ronald Weitzer,author of Legalizing Prostitution: From Illicit Vice to Lawful Business Leaving Prostitution is a wonderfully rich sociological study of a group that society marginalizes and stigmatizes. Despite America's capitalistic society, earning money through sex continues to draw cultural contempt. Street prostitutes are particularly scorned as they often represent racial/ethnic minorities and lower socioeconomic classes, and they generally need to be publicly visible to market themselves. Oselin's work goes beyond investigating the entry into and maintenance of sex work. She offers sex work scholarship an interesting perspective on the role exiting process for female prostitutes using an ethnographic approach. The writing is not too heavily reliant upon academic style and research references, with the flow of the piece making it accessible to multiple audiences. -Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books

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Sharon S. Oselin is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Riverside.

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