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Some Psychological Characteristics of Prostitutes John E. Exner Jr. , Joyce Wylie , Antonnia Laura & Tracey Parrill Published online: 10 Jun 2010.

To cite this article: John E. Exner Jr. , Joyce Wylie , Antonnia Laura & Tracey Parrill (1977) Some Psychological Characteristics of Prostitutes, Journal of Personality Assessment, 41:5, 474-485, DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa4105_3 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1207/s15327752jpa4105_3

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Some Psyehobgical Characteristics af Prostitutes

Su.%mcr?.: Ninety-5vc prostiiores. dif!'ercxritited inro fiv: izrra-ociuparione: ckrcgcrie, Sased c p n :hei; :nethod c:i operaaon. 2nd an eqsal nnn;her of rtcnp:osri:att cie:nogrzp.tjca!l!m2;ched corirrois. were interviewed and admir,is!ered thz RAHS Vockbziary jc?.Zcsr. t h e MMPI. and the R:.rscl?scl:. The data :eve?; rha: prss?i:~:es ?I):! the spper errd oi' :he i n l x - o c w p a t i c n ~ lszaie. scch as call exit: and rhose working :Amuse%&re nor significa~ti! differec~f:o:' t h e norpr?sti:ure ccnt~oia.A? !he o t h r ~end P!' Ihe i n r : ~ - c i c ~ ~ ~ ~ t scaie, icnal street-wnliters appear tc be k s s rrlaTsrtS a n d ;nore dependen! thar. their mn:rni. Pnrt-time ~ r ? s ~ i T ~ ? r es~!i-F) s, :IS housrwjvrs and drug &pendent aiikjec.:~. !%Id raojor irtdiL.ci af

This srudy was pnrriaiEy supported by a grant from the Valry-Crowne P'oundarioi; for the Study of Social Issues.

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h e n d l v wirh each ciher and yer. they arc: aiso very cornpetitkc.. Their place o i wo:k wries considerably ~lsings "'group pad" in s02e instances: more cammerLy a permissive hotel. :I: in n z n y instmces, the temporary residence of the client. Their Fees ure dsn m x h more varrabic, oi'ien depending on the d ~ of y the week, time of day; ai:d ger;eral 6ema:Ki !br services. Their fi~turep a i s are rhe most ill-defirieci, us;~aIIy ~dentifieci as some wiredistic f ~ r m of early rerire~nent.Cias!: 111 subjects h a e a uniqae ''ggrape?xp;' spaeln of ~orm^.,rm^.,~nicatjc:r~ which 2sr;aijy cmters or: :he selecrion of work areas. For exznpie. they cae typicaily cite names 3x6 iocations of for~hci,mingco2veziions together with estimates of sunbe: of artendecs. They arc alsi? acuteiv aware GE pciiicz ac:icns ar!d frequeriti:\, in smai': g r c q . pian strategies t c avoid iegal invo:vernenf s. The;, appear to expericncc :he p a t e s : vayie:y of' "'seuuai &man&" f:om clierlrs and haw a cmsiderabiy higher incidence cf being -'ripped aCf" by c!ie:-its. which rarely occurs among Class I and C'iass 11 subjects. Clus iV: (Commuter IIo~mwives, Ti.is is 5 smaii and unique group among pic?sti:u:es. They fanction ve:y n u c h like the Class 111 Stree:-Wa!icer Group, but :!ley h2i.e Trery little contact with orhe: p:ost:rutes. Unlike subjects in Cixses I. 11. 2nd 111, they do not work daily. nstcad averaging twci days per week. Most indicate t I n i t h y art invoived with prosti~utlo::. tc supplement the family income. howeucr. Y .car' our I3 su5jecfs iidmitled l c r'requent and hezvy gambiinp. F o ~ r of the I 0 :ndjcared tha: their husbands were aware of. and approved, of the prostirufc;n. The mdjorjty of their w ~ r kseems restricted ~o the "long Iuricli hour" business; however, several indicltred that zfiernoon ":ouris: :rack" is also a viable target during wzrrner mc?nrhs. These subje~tsdo not have **pimps'' and m l y one had 2 history of prns:itutioc ;srior ro marriage. Qass P? (Srreel-Walker Add~cts)This seems Ic be the "11onw class" af the professj:.n. They tend to fimction similarly ro thc Ciass I11 prostitutes but oi'ter? rely more m sc;lici:ors tc. bring business

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Some psychological characteristics of prostitutes.

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