Managing the Coexistence of Roles and Identities

Abstract

Part I has established what research indicates about the historical, legislative and theoretical context underpinning how young people at risk of, and involved in, sexual exploitation and adult women involved in sex work have been perceived and treated over the last 200 years. Part II integrates this research into an examination of the findings of a study which explored the pathways of young and adult women involved in selling and swapping sex. This chapter identifies the methodological approach taken and outlines how the emerging analytical themes are organised into three chapters corresponding to three groups identified from the women’s narratives.