The references attached to each of the articles offer a wide range of resources for those interested in extending their knowledge of commercial sex policy and literature that takes a socio-cultural approach to sex work more broadly. Additionally, included below are a number of sources that explore commercial sex and sex work policy in their broadest sense. This list is in no sense definitive, but taken with the references in the articles in this themed section, it seeks to demonstrate the spectrum of work that is available.
Books
Allison, A. (1994) Nightwork: Sexuality, Pleasure, and Corporate Masculinity in a Tokyo Hostess Club, London, University of Chicago Press.
Chin, C. B. (2013) Cosmopolitan Sex Workers: Women and Migration in a Global City, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
Dewey, S. and Kelly, P. (eds.) (2011) Policing Pleasure: Sex Work, Policy, and the State in Global Perspective, New York: New York University Press.
Ditmore, M., Levy, A. and Willman, A (eds.) (2010) Sex Work Matters: Exploring Money, Power, and Intimacy in the Sex Industry, London: Zed Books.
Hart, A. (1998) Buying and Selling Power: Anthropological Reflections on Prostitution in Spain, Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
Hoefinger, H. (2013) Sex, Love and Money in Cambodia: Professional Girlfriends and Transactional Relationships, Abingdon: Routledge.
Kingston, S. (2013) Prostitution in the Community: Attitudes, Action and Resistance, Abingdon: Routledge.
Kotiswaran, P. (2011) Dangerous Sex, Invisible Labor: Sex Work and the Law in India, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
Maginn, P. J. and Steinmetz, C. (eds.) (2014) (Sub)Urban Sexscapes: Geographies and Regulation of the Sex Industry, Advances in Sociology Series, London: Routledge.
Sanders, T. and Hardy, K. (2014) Flexible Workers: Labour, Regulation and the Political Economy of the Stripping Industry, Abingdon: Routledge.
Sanders, T., O’Neill, M. and Pitcher, J. (2009) Prostitution: Sex Work, Policy and Politics, London: Sage.
Chapter
Martin, J. (2014) ‘(Re)embodiment of the digital self and first life body in a new social media environment: paid sex work in second life’, in Johns, M., Shing-Ling, C. and Terlip, L. (eds.), Symbolic Interaction and New Social Media (Studies in Symbolic Interaction, Volume 43, Bingley: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp. 143–71.
Journal articles
Deering, K. N., Chettiar, J., Chan, K., Taylor, M., Montaner, J. S. and Shannon, K. (2012) ‘Sex work and the public health impacts of the 2010 Olympic Games’, Sexually Transmitted Infections, 88, 4, 301–3.
Hoang, K. K. (2011) ‘“She's not a low-class dirty girl!”: sex work in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 40, 4, 367–96.
Hubbard, P., Matthews, R., Scoular, J. and Agustín, L. (2008) ‘Away from prying eyes? The urban geographies of adult entertainment’, Progress in Human Geography, 32, 3, 363–81.
Langanke, H., Månsson, S. A. and Ross, M. W. (2014) ‘Planning for pleasure: time patterns in the use of Internet forums of female sex workers’ clients in Germany’, Cyberpsychology, 8, 1.
Levy, J. and Jakobsson, P. (2014) ‘Sweden's abolitionist discourse and law: effects on the dynamics of Swedish sex work and on the lives of Sweden's sex workers’, Criminology and Criminal Justice, OnlineFirst, doi: 1748895814528926.
Mathieu, L. (2011) ‘Neighbors’ anxieties against prostitutes’ fears: ambivalence and repression in the policing of street prostitution in France’, Emotion, Space and Society, 4, 2, 113–20.
Read, K. W. (2014) ‘Sex work: constructing “families” with community of practice theory’, Community, Work and Family, 17, 1, 60–78.
Richter, M., Luchters, S., Ndlovu, D., Temmerman, M. and Chersich, M. F. (2012) ‘Female sex work and international sport events-no major changes in demand or supply of paid sex during the 2010 Soccer World Cup: a cross-sectional study’, BMC Public Health, 12, 1, 763.
van der Pijl, Y., Breuil, B. and Siegel, D. (2011) ‘Is there such thing as “global sex trafficking”? A patchwork tale on useful (mis) understandings’, Crime, Law and Social Change, 56, 5, 567–82.
There have been a number of special issues which contain a range of articles pertinent to exploring sex work from an alternative perspective or which look at social policy issues pertaining to sex work. Every article in each issue is not listed, but instead the editorial details are provided below.
Agustín, L (ed.) (2007) Sexualities, 10, 4 The cultural study of commercial sex, 403–534.
Crowhurst, I., Outshoorn, J. and Skilbrei, M. (eds.) (2012) Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 9, 3 Special issue on prostitution policies in Europe, 187–292.
Scoular, J. and Sanders, T. (eds.) (2010) Journal of Law and Society, 37, 1 Regulating sex/work: from crime control to neo-liberalism?, 1–232
Smith, N. and Laing, M. (2012) (eds.) Sexualities, 15, 5–6 Working outside the (hetero)norm? Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) sex work, 517–643.
Sex work organisations resources
The Global Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP) (www.nswp.org) collates a range of resources from around the world ranging from academic papers, policy briefs, policy position papers from sex worker organisations and details information about the Sex Work Movement: http://www.nswp.org/resources/results. In addition, the NSWP has its own journal, Research for Sex Work. This is a publication intended for sex workers, activists, health workers, researchers, NGO staff and policy makers and is published annually: http://www.nswp.org/research-sex-work.
Below is a list of websites of a number of sex worker led organisations and organisations which advocate on behalf of sex workers which publish a range of important documents and respond to sex work policy:
International Union of Sex Workers: iusw.org.
ICRSE (International Committee for Sex Worker Rights in Europe): sexworkeurope.org.
UK Network of Sex Work Projects: uknswp.org.
Scarlet Alliance – Australia: scarletalliance.org.au.
New Zealand Prostitutes Collective: nzpc.org.nz.
Durbar – India: durbar.org.
SWEAT – South Africa: sweat.org.za.
The following websites both contain a list of links to a range of sex work organisations from around the world:
