Exiting prostitution: An integrated model

Violence Against Women

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 579-600

  Baker, Lynda M ^a   Dalla, Rochelle L ^b   Williamson, Celia ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Exiting prostitution; Integrated model; Street level prostitution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROSTITUTION;

EID: 77950658755     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801210367643     Document Type: Article

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