"brothels without Walls": The escort sector as a problem for the legalization of prostitution

Social Politics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 210-234

  Jeffreys, Sheila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 77952480436     PISSN: 10724745     EISSN: 14682893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sp/jxq005     Document Type: Article

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