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Living with the Other: Street sex work, contingent communities and degrees of tolerance

O'Neill, Maggie, Campbell, Rosie, Hubbard, Philip, Pitcher, Jane, Scoular, Jane (2008) Living with the Other: Street sex work, contingent communities and degrees of tolerance. Crime Media Culture, 4 (1). pp. 73-93. ISSN 1741-6590. (doi:10.1177/1741659007087274) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:36718)

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Abstract

There is substantial literature on how fears of Other populations are prompting the increased surveillance and regulation of public spaces at the heart of Western cities. Yet, in contrast to the consumer-oriented spaces of the city centre, there has been relatively little attention devoted to the quality of the street spaces in residential neighbourhoods beyond the central city. In this article, we explore how media representations of sex workers as an abject and criminalized Other inform the reactions of residents to street sex work in such communities. Drawing on our work in a number of British cities we highlight the different degrees of tolerance which residents express towards street sex work. In light of the Home Office strategy document, A Coordinated Prostitution Strategy, this article concludes by advocating participatory action research and community conferencing as a means of resolving conflicts and assuaging fears of difference.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1177/1741659007087274
Uncontrolled keywords: Communities, Fear of crime, Home Office policy, Participatory action research, Sex work
Subjects: H Social Sciences
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research
Depositing User: Mita Mondal
Date Deposited: 21 Nov 2013 15:51 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:13 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/36718 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Hubbard, Philip.

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