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Street prostitution and community safety: a case of contested meanings?

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Abstract

This article considers the issues of ‘street prostitution’ and ‘community safety’ in terms of the discursive construction of each. It argues that in the late-modern age, concepts such as ‘community’ and ‘safety’ are problematic and their meaning cannot be taken for granted. The discussion then probes discursive constructions of ‘the prostitute’ and explores the causes of prostitution, its legal regulation and the apparent resilience of street sex markets to various forms of intervention in different places and at different times. The article concludes by considering prostitute women as members of the community and reflects on what this might mean in terms of community safety strategies.

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Output type

Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 21-31

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Safer Communities (Volume 2, Issue 1)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 01/01/2003

Publication status

Published - 01/01/2003

ISSN

1757-8043

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/300054
  • Scopus: 84993108438

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