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Red‐light districts and Toleration Zones: geographies of female street prostitution in England and Wales
Author(s) -
Hubbard Phil
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
area
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1475-4762
pISSN - 0004-0894
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4762.1997.tb00015.x
Subject(s) - toleration , sociology , criminology , gender studies , new england , media studies , political science , law , politics
Summary Although female street prostitution is widely acknowledged to occur in specific spaces, characteristically referred to as ‘red‐light’ districts, geographers have been remarkably reticent in examining the nature and location of these spaces. Against a backdrop of mounting debate surrounding the legal status of prostitution in England and Wales, this paper considers the importance of such areas in the regulation and containment of street prostitution, and speculates as to how changing social and legal attitudes might result in very different geographies of prostitution.