title: Young male prostitutes: a psychosocial study.
abstract: A 3-year study of male prostitutes is presented with relevant data about their origin, their social and family background, education, sexuality, drug and alcohol use, and delinquency. A classification has been developed which separates the male prostitutes into four groups: group I, Full-time street and bar hustlers; II, full-time call boys or kept boys; group III, part-time hustlers, usually students or employed; and group IV peer-delinquents, who use prostitution and homosexuality as an extension of other delinquent acts [assault and robbery]. Similarities and differences between the four groups in terms of their psychosocial background, motives, and type of operation are described. Limited follow-up data indicate that only part-time male prostitutes, who continue in education or vocational training, have a reasonable expectation of an eventually stable social adjustment.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D002648:Child; D004522:Educational Status; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency; D008297:Male; D011593:Psychology, Social; D011477:Sex Work; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders