Violence, emotion and place: The case of five murders involving sex workers

This article examines a series of murders involving young women linked to sex work, which occurred in the same Northern town between 1998 and 2003. It explores the case on a number of levels. First, it situates violence, and these murders specifically, in the localised spaces of advanced marginality...

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Main Author: Wattis, Louise (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
In: Crime, media, culture
Year: 2020, Volume: 16, Issue: 2, Pages: 201-219
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