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International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
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Plum Blossoms and Pheasants: Prostitutes, Prostitution, and Social Control Measures in Contemporary China

Vincent E. Gil

Department of Anthropology-Sociology, Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Southern California College, Costa Mesa, California 92626-1628, U.S.A.

Marco Wang

Institute of Sociology, Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

Allen F. Anderson

Department of Criminal Justice, Mount Mercy College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S.A.

Guao Matthew Lin

Department of Medical English Shanghai Railway Medical College Shainghai PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

This report exmines unobtrusive data on prostitutes from the People's Republic of China through an analysis of prison arrest records from 13 facilities. Collectively, these data represent 2,057 prostitution cases, and span the years 1988-1990. Demographics are used to distinguish and describe the different types of prostitutes, and reveal marked differences from official characterizations. Prostitutes are further differentiated by drawing on ethnographic interview information. Discussion of factors affecting women's involvement with prostitution is engaged. Control measures for prostitution, at both national and provincial levels, are examined and critiqued.

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 38, No. 4, 319-337 (1994)
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X9403800405
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