There has been considerable recent policy debate and community concern on street sex work in local neighbourhoods. This report examines how residential areas characterised as areas of female street sex work are shared by different sections of the community and considers community and policy responses. Free pdf version available at www.jrf.org.uk

Jane Pitcher is an independent social researcher and Honorary Research Fellow at Staffordshire University, UK. She has considerable research experience in criminal justice, community safety and social policy, and has undertaken a number of research studies relating to sex work and local service provision. Rosie Campbell is Co-ordinator of Armistead Street and Portside (North Liverpool PCT) sex work support projects in Liverpool. Prior to taking up this post she carried out applied policy research on sex work for 10 years. She is Chair of the UK Network of Sex Work Projects. Phil Hubbard is Reader in Urban Social Geography at Loughborough University, UK. He has written widely on sexuality and space, and is author of 'People and Place: the extraordinary geographies of everyday life'. Maggie O'Neill is Lecturer in Criminology and Social Policy, Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough University, UK. She has been involved in researching and publishing on sex work and communities affected by street sex work since 1990 and is an expert in participatory action research. Jane Scoular is Senior Lecturer at the Law School, University of Strathclyde, UK. Her research is concerned with the intersection of theories of gender and law. Recent publications and studies focus on the subjects of informal justice, domestic violence and prostitution.