Understanding the Experiences of Street Level Prostitutes

摘要: Social workers come into contact with street prostitutes through the criminal justice system, child protective services, hospitals and addiction treatment centers. Understanding motivations, risks, strategies experience of being a prostitute is essential for providing meaningful intervention. It important to understand phase in which living conduct professional assessments design targeted effective interventions. This research explores experiences women who engage level prostitution. Street prostitution encompasses work on streets, cars motels, dancing gentlemen's clubs, massage parlor work, at truck stops, crack houses. paper expands developmental phases describes, particular, emotional burdens physical risks enter, live their lives as prostitutes, exit lifestyle.