Network in the North Against Prostitution and Violence The Sami have organized against the institution of prostitution. The Sami are indigenous peoples in what is now Scandinavia, Finland, Lapland, and Russia.

Prostitution Research

• Reclaiming Their Lives and Breaking Free:
  An Afrocentric Approach to Recovery From Prostitution
  

  Valandra, College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN

  Little research has examined the specific healing needs of prostituted African American women. In this qualitative research study, eight African American women who were receiving culturally specific services at an Afrocentric agency participated in a focus group and in-depth semistructured interviews.. The analysis revealed seven categories of experience: (1) a legacy of violence and underreporting, (2) family and self-preservation, (3) kinship support and spirituality, (4) hitting rock bottom, (5) barriers to recovery, (6) helpful and harmful services, and (7) a prism of oppression. Implications for social workers, policy makers, advocates, and further research are discussed.

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• Prostitution & Trafficking in Nine Countries: an Update on Violence and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
  

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  Farley, M., Cotton, A., Lynne, J., Zumbeck, S., Spiwak, F., Reyes, M.E., Alvarez , D., Sezgin, U. (2003) Prostitution and Trafficking in 9 Countries: Update on Violence and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
  Journal of Trauma Practice 2 (3/4): 33-74 Also in Farley, Melissa (ed) Prostitution, Trafficking, and Traumatic Stress. Binghamton: Haworth Press.

• Prostitution, Violence, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
  

  (Melissa Farley, Howard Barkan)
  Research summary of childhood violence and violence in prostitution of 130 women, men, and transgendered people in San Francisco.

• Prostitution in 5 Countries: Violence and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
  

  (Melissa Farley, Isin Baral, Merab Kiremire, Ufuk Sezgin)
  Research summary and discussion of the life conditions of 475 people in prostitution in South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, USA & Zambia.

• Prostitution: A Critical Review of the Medical and Social Sciences Literature
  

  (Melissa Farley & Vanessa Kelly)
  A review of articles that tend to focus on HIV but simultaneously ignore the massive violence that affects the lives of those in prostitution.

• A Comparison of Pimps and Batterers
  

  (Evelina Giobbe)
  A description of the abusive power relationships women in prostitution and their pimps; comparing these dynamics to those of battered women and their partners.