num_pages: 540
description: The widely held contention that prostitution is the oldest profession has served to militate against a proper investigation of its changing nature, meaning and significance over time. In responce to this, this volume examines the many facets of prostitution looking in particular at its history, sociology, politics and regulation. Author About the Roger Matthews, Dr, Middlesex University, UK and Maggie O'Neill, Dr, Reader in Sociology, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Staffordshire University, UK
language: English
title: Prostitution
titlecomplete: Prostitution (International Library of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Penology)
publisher: Ashgate Pub Ltd