Select Publications

(*graduate student)

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 

Gao, Manjing, Sharon S. Oselin, Matthew Mahutga. (Forthcoming). “Minority Threat and Social
Context: Global Value Chains and the Carceral Effect of Ethnic Polarization in Rich
Democracies.” Journal of Criminal Justice.

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.

Smith, Chris, Sharon S. Oselin, and Taylor Domingos*. 2025. “Legal Changes and the Decline of Sex Work Arrests in Toronto Neighborhoods, 1992–2020.” Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 41(3): 518-538.

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.