Criminal justice involvement among young adults exchanging sex in Detroit

Andrea K. Knittel, Louis F. Graham, William Lopez and Rachel C. Snow

Children and Youth Services Review, 2018, vol. 93, issue C, 1-11

Abstract: For young adult sex workers, the risk of arrest and incarceration are dramatically influenced by the venue of sex exchange and individual and neighborhood characteristics. Using a unique venue-based survey sample of young adults in Detroit who are exchanging sex, multivariable logistic regression models were used to identify associations with arrest and incarceration. Criminal justice involvement was normative, and risk was increased by working on the street venue, using drugs, lacking stable housing, juvenile arrest or incarceration, dropping out of school before age 18, and neighborhood characteristics. Several promising points of intervention could reduce criminal justice involvement for young adults exchanging sex.

Keywords: Criminal justice involvement; Sex work; Drug use; Neighborhoods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.06.041

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