Writing in significant part in response to the serial murders of British sex workers by Peter Sutcliffe and by the "Ipswich Murderer", Steven Wright, as well as the state response to the killings and the existence of prostitution in general, Kinnel (former co-ordinator of the UK Network of Sex Worker Projects), examines violence against sex workers, utilizing an expanded definition that includes criminal violence by individuals, but also legalized, institutional, and societal violence. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)