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It is remarkable how long it has taken for us to take exiting from prostitution seriously. However, we have moved tentatively over the past decades from seeing women involved in prostitution as offenders, then as victims, and more recently as a group of people with agency who are willing and able to take control of their lives and leave prostitution.
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© 2014 Roger Matthews, Helen Easton, Lisa Young and Julie Bindel
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Matthews, R., Easton, H., Young, L., Bindel, J. (2014). Exiting, Policy and Practice. In: Exiting Prostitution. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137289421_6
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