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SummaryA qualitative approach was used to explore the experience of exiting sex trade industry work from the perspective of 19 adults formerly involved in the sex trade industry. A narrative approach to data collection was used to explore the participants' experiences of successful exiting and phenomenological analysis was employed to identify themes that reflected the ways in which participants developed resiliency throughout the exiting process.FindingsThemes include connection (including subthemes: survivor presence, children and spirituality), resources (including subthemes: networks, structure and safety) and personal growth.SignificanceThese themes represent women with diverse experiences in the sex trade industry, including a majority who were victimised by (internal) sex trafficking. The findings demonstrate opportunities for social work practice to address the diverse needs of individuals exiting the sex trade industry, specifically for those who experienced sex trafficking and sexual exploitation.

The article examines the sociological construct of the profession and its varieties in the theoretical and methodological context.Proven that there is an eclectic understanding of the profession as a social phenomenon: the main feature is not enough careful attention of scientists to the isolation from the labor activity of a person of concepts: profession, occupation, qualification, position, working place, profession, specialization. Takes place a small number of studies of the structure of professions; unclear prospect of studying the subject of sociology of professions with different interpretations of the conceptual apparatus etc.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Previously published chapters -- Introduction -- Part I The rationality of judgement -- 1 Competence, competition, content and control: How assessment mediates the relationship between education and society -- Introduction -- The characteristics of industrial society -- Weber and the rise of rationality -- The Protestant ethic -- Bureaucracy -- Durkheim and the problem of social control -- Bernstein and the significance of educational codes -- Rationality and legitimation -- Foucault and the power relations of discourse -- ASSESSMENT AND THE NATIONAL CONTEXT -- The social construction of education systems -- Archer's model of education systems -- The ideological context -- Modes of system control -- Control by assessment: a model -- Notes -- References -- 2 Selection, certification and control: Meritocracy or social reproduction? -- An exercise in double-think -- The liberal-reformist ideology -- Assessment in a conflict perspective -- The correspondence theory -- Assessment as a mechanism of social reproduction -- Assessment as part of the hegemony -- Assessment and control: a new perspective -- Summary -- References -- Part II Insights from comparing national education systems -- 3 Towards a focus on learning and culture: Time for a new approach to comparative education? -- Retrospect -- Provision and product: delivery systems of education -- Prospect -- References -- 4 New forms of system control: The power of assessment as a tool for accountability and legitimation -- Accountability, legitimation and values -- Two different contexts for accountability -- Developments in capitalism and associated forms of accountability -- Content versus form in accountability relations.

AbstractIn this article, we define the concept of "risk work," which aims to make visible working practices to assess or manage risk, in order to subject these practices to sociological critique. This article reviews and synthesizes existing published literature to identify components of risk work: (a) translating risk into different contexts, (b) minimizing risks in practice, and (c) caring in the context of risk. We argue that these three components of risk work raise important tensions for workers that have been inadequately explored in the literature to date. We propose that future research should additionally focus on practitioner subjectivity and identity in risk work. In addition, we argue that comparative research—across type of risk and different contexts—and methodological and theoretical diversity would enhance this emerging field of research.