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You Just Give them what they Want and Pray they don't Kill You”

Street-Level Sex Workers' Reports of Victimization, Personal Resources, and Coping Strategies

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ID12437883
AuthorsRochelle L Dalla (0000-0002-3721-9132, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, corresponding author), Yan Xia (0000-0002-4648-2012, University of Nebraska–Lincoln), Heather R Kennedy (0000-0003-2799-241X, University of Nebraska–Lincoln), Heather Kennedy (0000-0002-1920-6629, University of Nebraska–Lincoln)
Year2003
Volume9
Issue11
Pages1367-1394
Publication date2003-10-10
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueViolence Against Women (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1077-8012 • E-ISSN: 1552-8448
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1077801203255679
OpenAlexW2108303624
LanguageEN
Citations received42
References cited49

Using both qualitative (in-depth, personal interviews) and quantitative (self-report survey indices) techniques, data were collected from 43 women involved in streetwalking prostitution. The purpose of the investigation was to examine exposure to violence and victimization among a particularly vulnerable female population across the life span. A secondary goal was to apply stress theory as an organizing framework for examining personal resources (e.g., social support, locus of control) and coping behavior. Results from both data collection strategies are presented, and implications for intervention are described

Coping (psychology · Data collection · Environmental health · Locus of control · Poison control · Population · Qualitative property · Qualitative research · Social science · Social support · Sociology · Applied Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Computer Science · Homelessness and Social Issues · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Social Psychology

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Unique citing works42
Citations per year2,1
Citation span2006 - 2025 (20)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 41

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