Women in street prostitution: The result of poverty and the brunt of inequity

Journal of Poverty

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 69-88

  Monroe, Jacquelyn ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africana womanism; Inequity; John School; Poverty; Prostitution

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247657890     PISSN: 10875549     EISSN: 15407608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J134v09n03_04     Document Type: Article

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