Social and structural violence and power relations in mitigating HIV risk of drug-using women in survival sex work

Moving Parts and Balancing Acts: Building and Maintaining a Collaborative Community-Based Research Partnership in Detroit

“…As a result, some researchers have emphasized the need for intensive social and health services, including mental health services, to address the underlying issues that contribute to risky behavior patterns (Briere & Jordan, 2004;Golder & Logan, 2006;Potterat et al, 1998). Others have stressed the importance of broader social determinants, such as gender, race and class inequality, in shaping both the risk behaviors and health outcomes of street sex workers and other multiply marginalized populations Lovell, 2002;Zierler & Krieger, 1997;Weseley, 2006;Shannon et al, 2008). However, given the complex entanglement of individual, social and economic issues involved, addressing the health needs of women who are street sex workers requires much more than one angle or approach (Benson & Matthews, 1995).…”

Governing sex work: an agonistic policy community and its relational dynamics

“…The international body of evidence concerning harms associated with sex work in a criminalized context is increasingly unambiguous. As Kate Shannon, Chris Bruckert, and Frances Shaver state, a "large body of scientific evidence from Canada, Sweden and Norway (where clients and third parties are criminalized), and globally clearly demonstrates that criminal laws targeting the sex industry have overwhelmingly negative social, health, and human rights consequences to sex workers, including increased violence and abuse, stigma, HIV and inability to access critical social, health and legal protections" (Shannon et al 2014;see Chu & Glass 2013;Csete & Cohen 2010;Dodillet & Östergren 2011;Lazarus et al 2012;Lowman 2000;Lowman 2004;Shannon 2010;Shannon & Csete 2010;Shannon et al 2008;Skarhed 2010;Skilbrei & Holmström 2013; This policy area is complicated in any jurisdiction, and Canada is no exception. The terrain is demarcated by a federal legal framework in which the buying and selling of sex among consenting adults is legal.…”

Sexual Minority Status and Violence Among HIV Infected and At-Risk Women

“…Transactional sex is associated with increased physical and sexual violence, from clients and intimate partners, 9,[16][17][18][19][20][21] as well as higher numbers of sex partners [22][23][24][25] and increased substance use. 22,24,26 Substance use may also contribute to poor decision-making and aggressive behaviors of both victims and perpetrators that increase violence, as well as participation in risky activities to obtain drugs. 7,10 Substance use can also lead to and stem from transactional sex 21 and is associated with multiple partners.…”