This research study is informed by anticarceral feminism to understand and highlight the experiences of violence and oppression that individuals in the sex trade experience as a result of police stings, raids, and incarceration. We present findings from 23 in-depth, qualitative interviews with men, women, and trans individuals who were arrested in the Los Angeles sex trade. More specifically, we explore experiences of violence that occurred interpersonally, systemically, and institutionally. Such experiences examine police violence, arrest and incarceration, coercion, and client violence. The findings from this research shed light on the impact the criminalization of sex work has had on research participants in terms of their physical health and mental health, economic security and opportunities for growth and education, and their sense of freedom and autonomy. We also attend to the role that intersecting identities might have played during their encounters with the police. This study explored these aspects while being mindful that the policies and procedures followed by the police are born out of a carceral state. We conclude with antioppressive and antiviolent implications for social work practice, policy, research, and education as we imagine the next decade of social work in relation to sex trade.

这项研究以反女性主义为基础，以了解并强调暴力和压迫的经历，即性交易中的个人由于警察的ing，突袭和监禁而遭受了暴力和压迫。我们提供了对在洛杉矶性交易中被捕的男性，女性和跨性别人士进行的23次深入，定性访谈的发现。更具体地说，我们探讨了在人际，系统和体制上发生的暴力经历。这些经历检查了警察的暴力行为，逮捕和监禁，胁迫和客户暴力。这项研究的结果揭示了将性工作定为刑事犯罪对研究参与者的身体健康和心理健康，经济安全以及增长和教育机会的影响，以及他们的自由和自治意识。我们还扮演相交身份在与警察相遇时可能扮演的角色。这项研究探索了这些方面，同时牢记警察遵循的政策和程序出身于患病状态。我们以对社会工作实践，政策，研究和教育的反压迫和反暴力含义作为结论，正如我们所想象的与性交易有关的下一个社会工作十年。