Undercover as sex workers: The attitudes and experiences of female vice officers

Women and Criminal Justice

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 25-41

  Baker, Lynda M ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female vice officers; Women police officers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847325734     PISSN: 08974454     EISSN: 15410323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J012v16n04_02     Document Type: Article

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