Bad dates and street hassles: Violence in the Winnipeg street sex trade

Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 203-214

  Comack, Elizabeth ^a   Seshia, Maya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bad dates; Perpetrators; Street hassles; Street sex trade; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952065066     PISSN: 17077753     EISSN: 19110219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cjccj.52.2.203     Document Type: Article

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