Voicing Consent

Teela Sanders is Professor of Criminology and currently Dean for Research and Enterprise for the College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities at the University of Leicester, UK.Jane Scoular is Professor of Law University of Strathclyde, Scotland, and is an internationally recognised scholar whose work is a primary reference in the field of the legal regulation of commercial sex.  Barbara G. Brents is Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA.Susie Balderston was Research Fellow in the Law School at the University of Strathclyde, Scotland.Gillian Abel is a public health academic at the Department of Population Health, University of Otago, New Zealand with over 20 years’ experience in the field of sex work research.

• Chapter 1. Introduction: Understanding Consent and Legal Consciousness in Sex Work (Jane Scoular, Fanni Gyurko, Barbara G. Brents, Teela Sanders, Gillian Abel).- Chapter 2. Sex Work and Sexual Violence Laws in Each Jurisdiction (Jane Scoular, Rachel Howard, Barbara G. Brents, Teela Sanders, Gillian Abel).- Chapter 3. Negotiating Consent: Setting Boundaries in the Sexual Contract (Gillian Abel, Cherida Fraser, Barbara G. Brents, Teela Sanders, Jane Scoular).- Chapter 4. Defining Violation: Sex Worker Experiences of Unwanted Incidents (Barbara G. Brents, Chris Wakefield, Jane Scoular, Teela Sanders, Gillian Abel).- Chapter 5. After the Violation: Sex Workers’ Responses to Unwanted Incidents (Teela Sanders, Harriet Smailes, Barbara G. Brents, Gillian Abel, Jane Scoular).- Chapter 6. Formal Reporting: The Barriers and Enablers of Legal Mobilisation (Teela Sanders, Harriet Smailes, Barbara G. Brents, Jane Scoular, Gillian Abel).-Chapter 7. Bridging Gaps: Peer Recommendations for Better Services (Alessandra Lanti, Jess Hyer-Griffin, Sam Thomson, Cherida Fraser, Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill, and Susie Balderston).- Chapter 8: Legal Consciousness and Sex Work: Towards More Inclusive Policy (Jane Scoular, Fanni Gyurko, Barbara G. Brents, Teela Sanders, Gillian Abel).- Chapter 9. The Sex Work and Sexual Violence Study: Research Methods (Teela Sanders, Susie Balderston, Chris Wakefield, Jane Scoular, Barbara G. Brents, Gillian Abel).- Bibliography.- Appendix 1: Prostitution; Sexual Violence and Workers’ Rights Laws Across Sites (Jane Scoular, Barbara G Brents, Gillian Abel, Harriet Smailes).