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Prostitution has become an extremely topical issue in recent years and attention has focused both on the situation of female prostitutes and the adequacy of existing forms of regulation. Prostitution, Politics & Policy & nbsp;brings together the main debates and issues associated with prostitution to examine the range of policy options that are available.

This new set of original case studies is designed to offer an empirical counterpart to Cultural Theory (Westview, 1990 ), the landmark statement of political culture theory authored by Michael Thompson, Richard Ellis, and Aaron Wildavsky, and to extend and challenge the analysis developed there. Here, the theoretical concepts laid out in that book

ch. 1. Dynamics of criminal justice -- ch. 2. Police : maintaining a delicate balance -- ch. 3. The court conundrum : confronting the consequences of policy -- ch. 4. Punishment and prisons : correctional policy in crisis -- ch. 5. Juvenile justice : deconstructing adolescence and dismantling the juvenile court -- ch. 6. Criminal justice policy : the legacy of get-tough legislation -- ch. 7. Changing course.