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Call for Papers, AAG, Washington DC, April 3-7, 2019 We are looking for two more papers for the AAG Washington DC. If interested, please send a title and abstract to [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] Session: Approaches and strategies to exiting sex work Organisers: Rachel Searcey Loughborough University; Jessica Simpson City University of London This session brings together scholars researching the phenomena of sex work and invite papers to consider the binary approaches to exiting strategies in terms of crime and justice or the multi-stranded service provision which are often provided by the voluntary, community and independent sector (VCI). Historically, individuals involved in sex work have often been defined as 'sad' and in need of saving and changing, or 'bad' deserved of criminalising; whether adults or young people (Self, 2003). Whilst there has been a considerable shift in UK policy and legislation to now view young people as sexually exploited instead of active agents engaging in sex work, adults are rarely afforded a similar position, retaining the underlying philosophy of 'bad' or 'sad'. Taking inspiration from Sander et al's (2017) social policy and criminology field and the adopting of a geographical approach, this session seeks to consider the current approaches, strategies and frameworks to exit sex work, whether the support to exit is driven by societal and legislative influences, responsiblizing approach, or self-choice (Ham & Gilmour, 2017) and the impact on the individual to exit sex work. Whilst the plethora of responses to address street sex work in the UK are largely based upon the historical antecedents as a moral crime against the sanctity of marriage (Jeffreys, 2004), analysing the supportive frameworks and current approaches to exiting strategies will provide an opportunity to debate the fundamental principles which underpin the exiting strategies. At present the current approaches to exit are driven by crime and justice strategies, and the 'responsibilizing approach' to normalise the women bringing them into the folds of society (Prior et al, 2013) which lie in changing the individual rather than the unequal access to societal resources such as housing, income, employment, health and so forth (Brah & Phoenix, 2004) reinforcing the 'bad' or 'sad' philosophy. This session welcomes papers that addresses, but not limited to, the following broad themes: Criminalisation as an exit strategy Exit processes and the effect on self and others Labelling and/or victimisation Binary role of the VCI in supporting sex workers Tensions between sex workers and the legislation and policy to exit sex work Sex work Please email abstracts of no more than 250 words to Rachel Searcey ([log in to unmask]) and Jessica Simpson ([log in to unmask]) by 5th November. Rachel Searcey PGR Loughborough University School of Social Sciences and Human Geography Brockington Building Loughborough University Loughborough LE11 3TU ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the SEXUALHEALTHRESEARCH list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=SEXUALHEALTHRESEARCH&A=1