Taking back the night? Gender and the contestation of sexual entertainment in England and Wales

Urban Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 589-605

  Hubbard, Phil ^a   Colosi, Rachela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

crime; gender equality; night time; sex industry; UK

Indexed keywords

CRIME; GENDER ISSUE; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; LEISURE INDUSTRY; POLICY MAKING; PROSTITUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 84921416512     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098013504006     Document Type: Article

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