Prostitutes and their rescuers: sociological dynamics and public controversies in French prostitution

Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction: Prostitutes and Their Rescuers, Avatars of an Interdependence -- Chapter 1 The Prostitution Space -- 1 Prostitution as a Space of Interdependence -- 2 Internal Hierarchical Principles -- 3 A Differentiated Space -- 4 The Lack of Cohesion in a Destiny Group -- Chapter 2 Violence in the Prostitution World -- 1 A Violent World -- 2 Protective Knowledge and Skills -- 3 Resignation as Symbolic Violence -- Chapter 3 Prostitution, a Zone of Social Vulnerability -- 1 Prostitution and Disaffiliation -- 2 Entry into Prostitution -- 3 Heightened Vulnerability -- 4 The Ambiguity of Social Policy -- Chapter 4 French Prostitution Policies: Genesis and Methods -- 1 A Disputed Monopoly -- 2 The Feminist Alliance -- 3 Combating Urban Disruption -- 4 A Question of Domestic Security -- 5 The Invention of a Panacea -- Chapter 5 Ordinary Devils: Constructing the Public Problem of Prostitutes' Clients -- 1 A Delayed Problematization -- 1.1 The Client, a Puppet -- 1.2 A Feminist Problematization -- 1.3 The Swedish Model -- 2 The Construction of Devilishness -- 2.1 A Devil … -- 2.2 … Who Is Ordinary -- 3 Joint Political Construction -- 3.1 Cross-consolidations -- 3.2 Political Work -- Chapter 6 The Procurer, the Moving Target of Prostitution Policies -- 1 The Pimp, the "Moving" Target -- 1.1 The Abolitionist Message -- 1.2 The Parliamentary Debate -- 2 Pimps Labelled by the Justice System -- 2.1 The Power of Labelling -- 2.2 Judicial Certification -- Chapter 7 Trafficking in Human Beings, from Urban Legend to Public Policy -- 1 Top-Down or Bottom-Up Trafficking? -- 2 The Uses and Institutionalizations of a Legendary Motif -- 3 Renewal and Consecration -- Conclusion: Towards an International Comparison of Perverse Effects.