Bureaucratic justice: The incarceration of mainland Chinese women working in Hong Kong's sex industry

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 68-83

  Laidler, Karen Joe ^a   Petersen, Carole ^b   Emerton, Robyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Bureaucratic justice; Chinese migrant workers; Courts; Prostitution; Sex work

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MIGRANT WORKER; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRISON; PROSTITUTION;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; PRISONS; PROSTITUTION;

EID: 33846066904     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X06295538     Document Type: Article

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