Street Sex Workers' Discourse

Jill McCracken is an Assistant Professor at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg.

• 1. Quotidian Rhetoric Creates Meaning Through Collage 2. Who is the Victim: The Neighborhood or the Woman? 3. Is She a Criminal, a Victim, or a Victim of the Criminal Justice System? 4. "An Opportunity to Change": Responsibility and Choice 5. Systemic Violence Perpetuates Victim Status 6. Releasing Agential Choice from Cages of Oppression. Appendix A: Participants. Appendix B: Research Process and Layers of Data. Appendix C: Number of Times Terms Included in Newspaper and Participant Interviews Corpora.

"The book’s primary strength lies in its respectful, careful consideration of perspectives gleaned from both women involved in street-based sex work as well as those with professional or activist investment in the issue. There is a serious dearth, in the sex work research literature, of critical inquiry into criminal justice and social services professionals’ beliefs and practices, and McCracken’s book is an important first step toward further exploration of this neglected topic." Susan Dewey, Assistant Professor of Gender & Women’s Studies, University of Wyoming, in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books