Module Descriptors
COMMERCIAL SEX INDUSTRY 1: PROSTITUTION
SOCY60216
Key Facts
Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies
Level 6
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Sandra Hope-Forest
Email: S.Hope-Forest@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 24
Independent Study Hours: 126
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- COURSEWORK -ESSAY weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Additional Assessment Details
One 3,000 word essay at 100% (Learning Outcomes 1, 2 and 3)
Module Indicative Content
This module will examine a variety of debates surrounding the sale of personal sexual services including some of the following: theoretical discourses on female and male prostitution; issues of legislation and policy with regard to prostitution; the growth and implications of sex tourism and sex trafficking; `mail order' brides; juvenile prostitution; issues of risk and safety; historical dimensions of prostitution.
Module Learning Strategies
This module will consist of 150 hours, of which 24 hours will be class contact (12 hours as whole group
contact and 12 hours of part group contact), and 126 hours of guided independent learning. Whole group contact consists of formal lectures. Part group contact will be more informal seminars/workshops based on guided discussion working through key issues prepared in advance by students and partly around preparation for assessment and guidance for independent work as well as guidance over source materials, print materials such as policy documents and newspaper articles and electronic sources such as the internet and CD ROMs. Independent learning will consist of preparation for part group sessions and preparation fro assessment.
contact and 12 hours of part group contact), and 126 hours of guided independent learning. Whole group contact consists of formal lectures. Part group contact will be more informal seminars/workshops based on guided discussion working through key issues prepared in advance by students and partly around preparation for assessment and guidance for independent work as well as guidance over source materials, print materials such as policy documents and newspaper articles and electronic sources such as the internet and CD ROMs. Independent learning will consist of preparation for part group sessions and preparation fro assessment.
Module Texts
Brown. L. (2001) Sex Slaves: The Trafficking of Women in Asia
Bullough V, Bullough B (1987) Women and Prostitution: a Social History 306.742
HUMAN RIGHT'S WATCH/ Asia (1995) Rape for Profit: Trafficking of Nepali Girls and Women to India's Brothels for Profit.
Kelly.L. & Regan. L. (2000) Stopping Traffic: Exploring the extent of, and responses to, trafficking in women for sexual exploitation in the UK.
O McKeganey, N, Barnard M (2003) Sex Work on the Streets: Prostitutes and Their Clients
Barrett D. (1997)[ed] Child Prostitution in Britain
O'Neill. GOODE & HOPKINS (1995) 'Juvenile Prostitution: the Experiences of Young Women in Residential Care', Childright, January.
Outshhom, J (Editor) (2003) The Politics of Prostitution: Women's Movements, Democratic States and the Globalisation of Sex Commerce
Scrambler G & Scrambler A (eds)(1997) Rethinking Prostitution: Purchasing Sex in the 1990s
Bullough V, Bullough B (1987) Women and Prostitution: a Social History 306.742
HUMAN RIGHT'S WATCH/ Asia (1995) Rape for Profit: Trafficking of Nepali Girls and Women to India's Brothels for Profit.
Kelly.L. & Regan. L. (2000) Stopping Traffic: Exploring the extent of, and responses to, trafficking in women for sexual exploitation in the UK.
O McKeganey, N, Barnard M (2003) Sex Work on the Streets: Prostitutes and Their Clients
Barrett D. (1997)[ed] Child Prostitution in Britain
O'Neill. GOODE & HOPKINS (1995) 'Juvenile Prostitution: the Experiences of Young Women in Residential Care', Childright, January.
Outshhom, J (Editor) (2003) The Politics of Prostitution: Women's Movements, Democratic States and the Globalisation of Sex Commerce
Scrambler G & Scrambler A (eds)(1997) Rethinking Prostitution: Purchasing Sex in the 1990s
Module Resources
Audio Visual equipment.
Access to internet, email and Blackboard.
Rooms suitable for large and small group work.
Facilities suitable for disabled students.
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.
Access to internet, email and Blackboard.
Rooms suitable for large and small group work.
Facilities suitable for disabled students.
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.