{"product_id":"the-compassionate-court-corey-s-shdaimah-9781439922019","title":"The Compassionate Court?: Support, Surveillance, and Survival in Prostitution Diversion Programs","description":"Laws subject people who perform sex work to arrest and prosecution. \u003ci\u003eThe Compassionate Court?\u003c\/i\u003e assesses two prostitution diversion programs (PDPs) that offer to \"rehabilitate\" people arrested for street-based sex work as an alternative to incarceration. However, as the authors show, these PDPs often fail to provide sustainable alternatives to their mandated clients. Participants are subjected to constant surveillance and obligations, which creates a paradox of responsibility in conflict with the system's logic of rescue. Moreover, as the participants often face shame and re-traumatization as a price for services, poverty and other social problems, such as structural oppression, remain in place. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The authors of \u003ci\u003eThe Compassionate Court? \u003c\/i\u003eprovide case studies of such programs and draw upon interviews and observations conducted over a decade to reveal how participants and professionals perceive court-affiliated PDPs, clients, and staff. Considering the motivations, vision, and goals of these programs as well as their limitations--the inequity and disempowerment of their participants--the authors also present their own changing perspectives on prostitution courts, diversion programs, and criminalization of sex work. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Corey S. Shdaimah, Chrysanthi S. Leon, Shelly A. Wiechelt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439922012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439922019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/21\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.43d","brand":"Corey S. Shdaimah","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44074540728575,"sku":"9781439922019","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c1a3ffa6-5b15-41ad-a246-5cf2d0b5ab3e.jpg?v=1685454344","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-compassionate-court-corey-s-shdaimah-9781439922019","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}