Sex markets and drug markets: Examining the links

Crime Prevention and Community Safety

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 25-41

  May, Tiggey ^a   Hough, Michael ^a   Edmunds, Mark ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

drug markets; drug use; prostitution; Sex work

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844594621     PISSN: 14603780     EISSN: 17434629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.cpcs.8140052     Document Type: Article

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24. Tier one involves the provision, offered to all such arrestees, of advice and information about treatment services.
25. Tier two is a facilitated referral, with a drug worker on site offering advice.
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