ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book focuses on whether there were any specific factors in the social or developmental backgrounds of women who worked as prostitutes that motivated or facilitated their entry into the prostitution. The possibility that certain developmental factors could play an important role in the development of a prostitute career was highlighted with an examination of the home and family backgrounds and circumstances of the women. To many, prostitution seemed to be an attractively easy and relatively undisciplined autonomous way of life. The link between drug use and involvement in criminal activity was complex. The book indicates that in the eyes of both prostitutes and the police, the cautioning system as it currently operates was largely both ineffective and inadequate either for deterring women from starting or continuing in the business, or as a sufficient sanction discouraging further transgressions against the law.
