Search for dissertations about: "Selling sex"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the words Selling sex.

2. 1. Adolescents Selling Sex and Sex as Self-Injury

   Author : Cecilia Fredlund; Marie Wadsby; Carl Göran Svedin; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Adolescents; Selling sex; Sex as self-injury; Child sexual exploitation; Sexual abuse;

   Abstract : There are today only a few population-based studies in the world investigating the prevalence of and associated risk-factors with adolescents selling sex and so far no earlier population-based study has been found investigating adolescents motives for selling sex. Further, to use sex in means of self-injury (SASI) is a behaviour that has been highlighted in Sweden the last years but it is a new field of research and a behaviour in need of conceptualization. READ MORE

4. 2. Online Sexual Behaviours Among Swedish Youth : Characteristics, Associations and Consequences

   Author : Linda S. Jonsson; Carl Göran Svedin; Margareta Hydén; Cathrine Hamilton-­Giachritsis; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Online; Internet; sexual behaviour; selling sex; sexting; youth; adolescents;

   Abstract : Online sexual behaviours refer to sexual activities where the Internet and/or mobile phone are used. The aims of this thesis were to investigate young people and their experiences of different online sexual behaviours with regard to characteristics, associations and consequences, by using data from a representative sample of 3,503 Swedish youth (m= 18. READ MORE

5. 3. Crime, punishment, and counselling – a study of the local judicial and social work application of prostitution policy in Sweden

   Author : Narola Olsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; prostitution policy; the Swedish Sex Purchase Act; buying sex; implementation; law in action; social work; Sweden; stigma; policy analysis; WPR analysis; social construction;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the social construction of a purchase of a sexual service within the implementation of prostitution policy in Sweden and seeks to contribute to the current knowledge about how a purchase of a sexual service is regulated based on how the law and social work are locally implemented. The thesis consists of four papers based on two empirical studies, including legal documents concerning the enforcement of the Swedish Sex Purchase Act (Chapter 6 Section 11 of the Criminal Code), and interviews with professionals within social services providing counselling to individuals with the experience of purchasing sexual services. READ MORE

6. 4. Poverty of opportunity for women selling sex in Lahore, Pakistan : knowledge, experiences and magnitude of HIV and STIs

   Author : Mohsin Saeed Khan; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Human Immunodeficiency Virus;

   Abstract : Background: According to the UNAIDS’ estimates, the incidence of HIV infection has decreased by 19% over the last ten years. WHO estimated in 2005 that approximately 448 million cases of four major curable STIs occur in adults in the age group 15-49 years. READ MORE

7. 5. Masculinities at work. Male-to-male internet escorting in Italy and Sweden

   Author : Marco Bacio; Genusvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Male sex work; Masculinity; Prostitution; Sexual markets; Clients; Italy; Sweden;

   Abstract : This research aims to map and analyse the phenomenon of male sex workers (specifically men who sell sex to other men) in Italy and Sweden. While female sex work has been studied by several scholars worldwide, there is a lack of attention on the male side of the phenomenon. READ MORE