ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the issues through discussion of findings from a qualitative study conducted with young women about their safety in the night-time economy. It draws upon data from a qualitative study, which explored the views, experiences and behaviours of young women in relation to their safety when socialising in bars and clubs. Contemporary young women appear to have greater freedoms to drink and socialise within the night-time economy than their predecessors. However, young women are simultaneously positioned as 'a risk' and 'at risk' when they socialise in bars and clubs. Focus groups were designed to concentrate primarily on young women's views about safety and associated safety advice for women in bars and clubs using materials from safety campaigns as prompts to facilitate discussion. Participants were asked if they were aware of any specific safety advice or campaigns in relation to socialising in bars and clubs, and prompted for details of this advice.
