Human trafficking in Australia: The challenge of responding to suspicious activities

Australian Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 369-386

  Kotnik, Erica ^a   Czymoniewicz Klippel, Melina T ^b   Hoban, Elizabeth ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Human trafficking

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049101832     PISSN: 01576321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2007.tb00064.x     Document Type: Article

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