Women on the edge of crime: crack cocaine and the changing contexts of street-level sex work in New York City

In this paper, we attempt to examine, engender and contextualize the theses that (i) "women's emancipation escalates [women's] crime and violence" and (ii) "women's drug use escalates [women's] crime and violence", by drawing on ongoing ethnographic fieldwork...

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Authors: Maher, L. (Author) ; Curtis, R. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 1992
In: Crime, law and social change
Year: 1992, Volume: 18, Issue: 3, Pages: 221-258
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Keywords:
Cocaine
Cultural Development
Illicit Drug
International Relation
York City