Kelly Gorkoff

Kelly Gorkoff is a faculty member in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Winnipeg and a doctoral student in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University.  She is the author of Being Heard: The Experiences of Young Women in Prostitution (2003).

 

Books by Kelly Gorkoff

Thinking About Justice

Thinking About Justice

A Book of Readings

Edited by Kelly Gorkoff, Richard Jochelson

How do we think about justice? Is it an act? An ideology? A philosophy? We are divided in our understandings of justice between those who seek fundamental social change versus those who seek incremental change and between those who argue that justice exists versus those who think it is a ruse — between internal and external perspectives. However, a promising axis of scholarship aimed at bridging these divides is emerging. Thinking about Justice introduces readers to these three ways of… (more information)

Being Heard

Being Heard

The Experiences of Young Women in Prostitution

Edited by Kelly Gorkoff, Jane Runner

Being Heard examines, from their own perspectives and experiences, the lives of young women sexually exploited through prostitution. Putting their voices in the centre of its analysis, the book tries to help us more fully understand the experiences of girls exploited through prostitution, the complex issues of sex trade work and the ways to best respond to the issues. Beginning with a discussion of what little we know about youth prostitution, subsequent chapters address young women’s experiences… (more information)