Select Recent Publications

(*graduate student)

Smith, Chris, Sharon S. Oselin, and Taylor Domingos*. (Forthcoming). “Legal Changes and the Decline of Sex Work Arrests in Toronto Neighborhoods, 1992–2020.” Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice.

Oselin, Sharon S. 2014. Leaving Prostitution: Getting Out and Staying Out of Sex Work. New York: New York University Press. 

Reviewed in American Journal of Sociology, Social Forces, Gender & Society, Contemporary Sociology, Punishment & Society, Journal of Criminal Justice Education, Criminal Justice Review, Journal of Qualitative Criminal Justice and Criminology, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books 

Harari, Lexi, Chris Smith, Taylor Domingos*, Sharon S. Oselin, and Emily Hammond*. (forthcoming). “Gendered Vice Complaints: 911 Calls Reporting Sex Work in Chicago Neighborhoods, 2017-2020.” Feminist Criminology.

Oselin, Sharon S., Justine Ross, Qingfang Wang, and Wei Kang. 2024. “Fair Chance Act Failures? Employers’ Hiring of People with Criminal Records.” Criminology & Public Policy 23: 361–390.

Harari, Lexi*, Sharon S. Oselin, and Bruce Link. 2023. “The Power of Self-Labels: Examining Self-Esteem Consequences for Youth with Mental Health Problems.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 64(4): 578–592.

Oselin, Sharon S., Matthew C. Mahutga, and Humberto Flores*. 2023. “Day Reporting Centers and Recidivism: The Role of Social Support.” Criminal Justice and Behavior 50(10): 1526–1546.

Oselin, Sharon S., and Katie Hail-Jares. 2022. “It’s Not Just Sex: Relational Dynamics Between Street-Based Sex Workers and Their Regular Customers.” Work, Employment and Society 36(5): 893–910.

Oselin, Sharon S., Katie Hail-Jares, and Melanie Kushida*. 2022. “Different Strolls, Different Worlds? Gentrification and its Impact on Outdoor Sex Work.” Social Problems 69(1): 282–298.

Anderson, Annika, Douglas Weiss, and Sharon S. Oselin. 2020. “When I Grow Up: Exploring the Link between Future Expectations and Criminal Trajectories.” Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology 6(1): 43-66.

Oselin, Sharon S., and Kristen Barber. 2019. “Borrowing Privilege: Status Maneuvering Among Marginalized Men.” Gender & Society 33(2): 201–223.