Table 1 Surveys of violence against female and transgendered sex workers
From: Organised crime and the efforts to combat it: a concern for public health
Study | Hunter [115] | Farley et al [116] | Gupta et al [74] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | 1993 | 1998 | 2009 | ||||
Location | Oregon, USA | San Francisco, USA | Johannesburg & Capetown, South Africa | Northern Thailand | Istanbul, Turkey | Lusaka, Zambia | Mysore, India (trafficked women) |
Sample size | 55 | 130 | 68 | 110 | 50 | 117 | 61 |
% reporting rape by pimps and/or clients | 78% (average 49 rapes per woman per year | 68% | 57% | 57% | 50% | 78% | 100% |
% reporting physical assault | 84% (aggravated assault) | 82% | 66% | 55% | 80% | 82% | No % given, but stated to be usual means for pimps to address refusal to service clients |
% mutilated | 27% | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data |