Arnold E M, Stewart J C, McNeece C A
School of Social Work, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599-3550, USA.
Violence Vict. 2001 Apr;16(2):145-59.
Little is known about the perpetration of violence by women who engage in street prostitution. While some researchers have examined the incidence of abuse among this population, the association between receipt of abuse and violence and later perpetration of violence is unclear. This study presents data from a recent evaluation of a case management program for street-walking prostitutes. A description of the program clients is provided, and factors that are associated with assaultive behavior against clients are examined. Bivariate analyses revealed statistically significant differences between assaultive and nonassaultive women with regard to history of psychiatric hospitalization, history of sexual abuse, history of physical abuse, history of emotional abuse, and whether they had been assaulted on the streets. However, logistic regression on variables related to abuse and violence indicates that controlling for other variables, the only statistically significant predictor of assaultive behavior was history of physical abuse. These results indicate the need for further research on this population as well as access to treatment for these women to address their own abuse and victimization.
对于从事街头卖淫的女性实施暴力行为，人们知之甚少。虽然一些研究人员考察了这一群体中受虐的发生率，但遭受虐待与暴力和后来实施暴力之间的关联尚不清楚。本研究展示了近期对一项针对街头妓女的个案管理项目评估的数据。提供了项目服务对象的描述，并考察了与针对服务对象的攻击性行为相关的因素。双变量分析显示，在精神病住院史、性虐待史、身体虐待史、情感虐待史以及她们是否曾在街上遭到袭击方面，实施攻击行为的女性和未实施攻击行为的女性之间存在统计学上的显著差异。然而，对与虐待和暴力相关变量的逻辑回归表明，在控制其他变量后，攻击行为唯一具有统计学显著意义的预测因素是身体虐待史。这些结果表明，需要对这一群体进行进一步研究，并为这些女性提供治疗，以解决她们自身遭受的虐待和伤害问题。
