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BL
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1005438
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b759808
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Safer sex in the city : : the experience and management of street prostitution /\ edited by David Canter, Maria Ioannou, Donna Youngs.
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| Publication Statement
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Farnham, England ;Burlington, VT :: Ashgate,, ©2009.
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| Series Statement
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Psychology, crime, and law series
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1 online resource (xviii, 217 pages) :: illustrations.
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| ISBN
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0754626156
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: 0754689468
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: 9780754626152
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: 9780754689461
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9780754626152
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Notes on Contributors; Series Preface; Foreword; 1 Sex and Violence: The Experience and Management of Street Prostitution; Section I The Experience of Street Prostitution; 2 The Relationship between Control Strategies Employed by Street Prostitutes and Levels and Varieties of Client Violence; 3 Prostitute Homicide: The Influence of Prior Relationship on Perpetrator Behaviour; 4 Street Prostitute Homicide: An Overview of the Literature and a Comparison to Sexual and Non-Sexual Female Victim Homicide.
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5 Comparison of Single and Serial Killers of Prostitute Women6 The Personal Safety of Male Prostitutes; Section II The Management of Street Prostitution; 7 They Get What They Deserve: Labour Rights for Sex Workers; 8 From Entry to Exit -- Tackling Street Prostitution; 9 Making the Vulnerable more Vulnerable? The Contradictions of British Street Prostitution Policy; 10 To Toe the Line: Streetwalking as Contested Space; 11 Violence and the Outlaw Status of (Street) Prostitution in Canada; 12 Prostitution Control in America: Rethinking Public Policy; Index.
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| Abstract
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Thoroughout history prostitution has always been present and has usually been a source of fierce debate. Societies have either grudgingly tolerated it or tried (always unsuccessfully) to ban it. But with the emergence of much more overt acceptance of all forms of sexual activity it has become more apparent that sex workers who ply their trade on the streets of our cities are a particularly vulnerable group. Awareness of this has led to an increase in research and policy discussions focused on the sex industry, particularly on issues concerning the safety of sex workers and the recognition that.
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Prostitutes-- Crimes against.
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Prostitutes-- Protection.
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Prostitutes-- Violence against.
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Prostitution-- Safety measures.
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Sex-oriented businesses-- Safety measures.
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Prostitutes-- Crimes against.
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Prostitutes-- Violence against.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Prostitution Sex Trade.
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| Dewey Classification
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363.4/4
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HQ118.S24 2009eb
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Canter, David V.
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Iannou, Maria,Dr.
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Youngs, Donna.
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