Legalizing prostitution: Morality politics in Western Australia

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 88-105

  Weitzer, Ronald ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 57349086437     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: 14643529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azn027     Document Type: Article

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