Summary
Contents
“The four authors of this concise volume provide an authoritative introduction to diverse key concepts about crime and its relationship to society. Each chapter starts with a definition (e.g., deviance, social control, normalization), providing readers with the vocabulary and conceptual framework for fully understanding chapter contents... a very good way to expose students and the public (and scholars from outside fields) to definitions, ideas, and theories of crime and society.” - K. Evans, Indiana State University, Choice Key Concepts in Crime and Society offers an authoritative introduction to key issues in the area of crime as it connects to society. By providing critical insight into the key issues within each concept as well as highlighted cross-references to other key concepts, students will be helped to grasp a clear understanding of each of the topics covered and how they relate to broader areas of crime and criminality. The book is divided into three parts: • Understanding Crime and Criminality: introduces topics such as the social construction of crime and deviance, social control, the fear of crime, poverty and exclusion, white collar crime, victims of crime, race/gender and crime. • Types of Crime and Criminality: explores examples including human trafficking, sex work, drug crime, environmental crime, cyber crime, war crime, terrorism, and interpersonal violence. • Responses to Crime: looks at areas such as crime and the media, policing, moral panics, deterrence, prisons and rehabilitation. The book provides an up-to-date, critical understanding on a wide range of crime related topics covering the major concepts students are likely to encounter within the fields of sociology, criminology and across the social sciences.
Sex Work
Sex Work
Definition: The business of selling ‘sex’ or sex-related activities in exchange for money or services is known as sex work. The term sex work was originally coined by Carol Leigh (aka Scarlet Harlot), a prostitutes’ rights advocate, at a conference in San Francisco in 1978. Her motivation was to create a discourse which would be inclusive of women working in sex trades. The term gained wider currency during the 1980s. One of the first texts to use and popularise the term was Sex Work: Writings by Women in the Sex Industry (Delacoste and Alexander 1987). The term sex work has been widely adopted in the sex industry and among some academics and other professionals. However, the more pejorative term remains ‘prostitution’, ...