Prostitution in Vancouver: ViolencE and the Colonization of First Nations Women

transcultural psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 242-271

  Farley, Melissa ^a   Lynne, Jacqueline ^b   Cotton, Ann J ^c  

^a Prostitution Research and Education   (United States)

^b Vancouver ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

colonization; First Nations; post traumatic stress disorder; prostitution; sexual assault

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ASSAULT; ATTITUDE; CANADA; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; INTERVIEW; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RAPE; REVIEW; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COLONIALISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTITUTION; RAPE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 21344465639     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461505052667     Document Type: Article

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