The “Risk Environment” for Commercial Sex Work in China: Considering the Role of Law and Law Enforcement Practices

Scott Burris () and Guomei Xia
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Scott Burris: James E. Beasley School of Law at Temple University
Guomei Xia: Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences

Chapter Chapter 9 in Gender Policy and HIV in China, 2009, pp 179-188 from Springer

Abstract: In this chapter we describe a framework developed for considering how law influences the health risk environment for Injection Drug Users (IDUs) (Burris et al., 2004), and then apply it to the regulation of commercial sex work in~China.

Keywords: Injection Drug User; National People; Health Risk Environment; Entertainment Venue; Individual Risk Behavior (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9900-7_10

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