Prioritizing punitive responses over public health: Commentary on the Home Office consultation document Paying the Price

Critical Social Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 596-606

  Cusick, Linda ^a   Berney, Lee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti social; Crime; Health; Prostitution; Sex work

Indexed keywords

CRIME; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; PROSTITUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

PIMPS;

EID: 27644445254     PISSN: 02610183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261018305057069     Document Type: Review

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