The field of sex work has undergone a massive expansion inathe past ten years. In this new edition, three leading researchers come together to provide an interdisciplinary outline of sex work. This book provides comprehensive coverage of key areas common to the study of the female sex industry, as well asaconsidering issues relating to amale and transgender sex workers, young people who are sexually exploited, and migrant sex workers. It also includes discussion of more recent forms of commercial sex such as Internet-based sex work. International in perspective,aProstitutionacombines sociological approaches with criminology and criminal justice studies, social policy, health research and sexuality studies. New to this edition: aaaaaaaa Updated summaries of policy and law, particularly in relation to UK legal changes from 2008 onwards aaaaaaaa Methodological insights and discussions on ethics, fieldwork and participatory action research aaaaaaaa New images and case studies from the authorsO research projects