Looking Back, Looking Forward: Lessons Learned about Prostitution Diversion Programs

<h3> Project Overview </h3>
<p>The purpose of the study was to learn more about the perspectives of criminal justice stakeholders and graduates in prostitution diversion programs over a decade after its implementation and as a follow up to an ethnographic study conducted from 2011-2014, the data of which <a href="https://doi.org/10.5064/F6C8VUHP"><u> is also housed in the QDR database</u></a>. The objective is to identify lessons learned and to develop knowledge about the evolution in graduates and other stakeholders' thinking about prostitution diversion programs and their continued efficacy and ethical legitimacy within an evolving social and legal context. This longitudinal qualitative study consists of semi-structured interviews with a convenience sample of 24 professional stakeholders and 3 graduates from two prostitution diversion programs. Interviews were conducted virtually via zoom for approximately 45-90 minutes, recorded, and transcribed. Content analysis involved open-coding and consensus by two coders.</p>