Criminalization, legalization or decriminalization of sex work: what female sex workers say in San Francisco, USA

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 17, Issue 34, 2009, Pages 38-46

  Lutnick, Alexandra ^a   Cohan, Deborah ^b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

criminalization; law and policy; sex work; United States

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRIME; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; PROTECTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; VIOLENCE; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTITUTION; SAN FRANCISCO; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70749087290     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(09)34469-9     Document Type: Article

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