Victimization in off-street sex industry work

Violence Against Women

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 944-963

  O'Doherty, Tamara ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

off street; prostitution; sex work; victimization; violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTITUTION; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; CANADA; CRIME VICTIMS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTITUTION; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960479224     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801211412917     Document Type: Article

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