Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Prostitution Diversion Programs—A New Paradigm or Business as Usual?
1. Prostitution Diversion: Criminalization, Individual Responsibility, and Rescue
2. Study Sites: Prostitution Diversion Programs in Baltimore and Philadelphia
3. “That Foot on Their Neck”: Coercion and Choice
4. “I’ve Been Raped, I’ve Been Robbed, But I Could Have Been Killed”: Intersections of Trauma, Substance Use Problems, and Prostitution in the Eyes of the Court
5. “I’ve [Got] Hooker Court Every Month”: Shame and Shaming in Prostitution Diversion Programs
6. “To Be Normal”: Building, Rebuilding, and Surveilling Relationships: Social Connection in the Shadow of the Courts
7. “Figuring Out What Should Happen”: Transformative or Conforming Practice?
8. “Better Than Nothing”?
Appendix A: Original Study Description
Appendix B: “Looking Back, Looking Forward” Follow-Up Study
Appendix C: Project Dawn Court and Specialized Prostitution Diversion Participants
Appendix D: Criminal Legal System Professionals
Notes
References
Index