Perpetration of Violence by Female Sex Workers in Papua New Guinea: ‘We will Crush their Bones’

There is a small but important body of literature on female sex workers’ (FSWs) violence towards others, but little of that focused on low- and middle-income countries. Drawn from a larger biobehavioural study of FSWs in three cities in Papua New Guinea, we analyse the interviews from 19 FSWs who re...

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Main Author: Kelly-Hanku, Angela (Author)
Contributors: Aeno, H. ; Amos, A. ; Ase, S. ; Badman, S. G. ; Boli-Neo, R. ; Hakim, A. J. ; Hou, P. ; Kupul, M. ; Nosi, S. ; Redman-MacLaren, M. ; Vallely, A. J. ; Worth, H.
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: The British journal of criminology
Year: 2021, Volume: 61, Issue: 1, Pages: 104-122
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Keywords:
Violence
Women
Female sex workers
Papua New Guinea
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Summary:There is a small but important body of literature on female sex workers’ (FSWs) violence towards others, but little of that focused on low- and middle-income countries. Drawn from a larger biobehavioural study of FSWs in three cities in Papua New Guinea, we analyse the interviews from 19 FSWs who reported having perpetrated physical violence towards four major groups: (1) ex-husbands; (2) clients; (3) other sex workers and (4) other people (mainly women). Our study demonstrates that FSWs’ use of violence arises from a complex set of social, material and gendered circumstances and cannot be addressed in isolation from other aspects of their lives.
ISSN:1464-3529
DOI:10.1093/bjc/azaa058