Date of Award
January 2016
Document Type
Open Access Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Public Health (MPH)
Department
School of Public Health
First Advisor
Alice M. Miller
Second Advisor
John Pachankis
Abstract
This work lays the foundation for a study of criminalization and its effects on the health of street-based sex workers in the U.S. seeking to: 1) conduct a systematized review of sources from across the country settling on seventeen that describe experiences of harassment, false arrests, theft, physical abuse, sexual assault, HIV criminalization, survival tactics, reporting practices, and positive relations with law enforcement and 2.) compare the U.S. literature to international research, reflecting on the ways that public health researchers remain complicit in sustaining these harmful institutions by failing to consider diversity, the criminalized context of sex work, the links between policing and health, and the importance of collaboration. Through a radical framework of health and human rights I propose centering the experiences of street-based sex workers in a moment when the U.S. is renegotiating its relationship with law enforcement.
Recommended Citation
Fernandez, Fabian Luis, "Hands Up: A Systematized Review Of Policing Sex Workers In The U.s." (2016). Public Health Theses. 1085.
https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/ysphtdl/1085
This Article is Open Access
Comments
This is an Open Access Thesis.