Prostitutes and Criminal Argots
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2200453 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David W Maurer (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1939 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 546-550 |
| Publication date | 1939-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/218067 |
| OpenAlex | W2038804689 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
Current linguistic field work among prostitutes indicates that they have developed relatively little of te professional argot so characteristic of other criminal professions. This situation is explained in terms of the underworld setup in which prostitutes work and in the light of certain social, economic, and psychological factors which normally enter into argot-formation
Criminology · Field (mathematics) · Physics · Sex work · Sociology · Work (physics) · Mathematics · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Social Psychology · Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 1963 - 2011 (49) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |