Perpetration of violence by female sex workers in Papua New Guinea: 'we will crush their bones'

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Kelly-Hanku, Angela;Worth, H.;Redman-MacLaren, Michelle;Nosi, S.;Boli-Neo, R.;Ase, S.;Hou, P.;Aeno, H.;Kupul, M.;Amos, A.;Badman, S.G.;Vallely, AJ.;Hakim, A.J.
Michelle Redman-MacLaren
Abstract

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.

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The British Journal of Criminology

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61

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1464-3529

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Oxford University Press

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10.1093/bjc/azaa058