From client to pimp: Male violence against female sex workers

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 257-273

  Karandikar, Sharvari ^a,b   Próspero, Moisés ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural contexts; Domestic violence; Prostitution; Sex work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STATISTICS; VICTIM; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; COERCION; CRIME VICTIMS; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROSTITUTION; SPOUSE ABUSE; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN, WORKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72549108794     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260509334393     Document Type: Article

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