Conceiving of sex as a commodity: A study of arrested customers of female street prostitutes

Western Criminology Review

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-14

  Monto, Martin A ^a   Julka, Deana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Customers; Male sexuality; Prostitution

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651087262     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10964886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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