Prostitution: An International Handbook on Trends, Problems, and Policies (Series in Clinical and Community) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 031325754X ISBN 13: 9780313257544

Verlag: Greenwood, 1993

Inhaltsangabe

Scholars from around the world have contributed to the first major reference book to be published on female prostitution as an international phenomenon. Experts survey and analyze the historical background, current problems and policies, and future possible directions in 16 representative countries. The volume belongs in college, university, and institutional libraries and collections dealing with social problems, women's studies, international relations, and world history.

The volume opens with a lengthy introduction by the editor, Nanette Davis, defining the situation in general, pointing to current trends and future concerns. Country chapters, primarily by native writers, include: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, England and Wales, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Taiwan, United States, Vietnam, and the former Yugoslavia. Each chapter provides references, and the index makes the volume easily accessible to researchers in various disciplines.

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NANETTE J. DAVIS is a Professor of Sociology at Portland State University, Oregon. She is the author or co-author of Social Control of Deviance: A Critical Perspective (1990), From Crime to Choice: The Transformation of Abortion in America (Greenwood, 1985), Social Control: The Production of Deviance in the Modern State (1983), and Sociological Constructions of Deviance: Perspectives and Issues in the Field (1980) among others. She specializes in deviance and social control and is associate editor of two international journals. Dr. Davis recently returned from conducting field research in Australia as a Fulbright Exchange Scholar.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Greenwood
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1993
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 031325754X
• ISBN 13: 9780313257544
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 420
• Herausgeber: Davis Nanette J.
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; contact@bloomsbury.com; ; 50 Bedford Square; London; England; WC1B 3DP; Deutschland