Stuart, Rachel, O'Brien, Kate L, Chatwin, Caroline ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7124-2264 and Grenfell, Pippa (2025) Systemic violence, social harms and necropolitics: the interaction of prison and life 'on road' for women engaged in sexual commerce in East London. The British Journal of Criminology: An International Review of Crime and Society (BJC). ISSN 0007-0955 (Print), 1464-3529 (Online) (doi:10.1093/bjc/azaf100)

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Abstract

This study draws on theories of systemic violence (Ruggiero 2020; Žižek 2008), social harms (Canning and Tombs 2021; Hall et al. 2020; Pemberton 2016) and Mbembe’s (2019; 2003) necropolitics to highlight social harms experienced by women ‘on road’. Data originally generated for a consultation funded by Doctors of the World UK (Henceforth DOTW UK) to examine the self-perceptions of health needs by women engaged in street level sex work was reanalysed to tease out a panoramic view of the social harms and systemic violence experienced by the women interviewed. The reanalysis highlighted how the early life systemic violence experienced by many of the women interviewed exacerbated acute marginalization, resulting in spiralling levels of systemic and personal violence, stigma and social harm.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	social harm, systemic violence, reanalysis, ‘on road’, necropolitics, sex work
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) K Law > K Law (General)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Law and Criminology
Last Modified:	16 Jan 2026 16:47
URI:	https://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/51588

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