Labelling the victims of sex trafficking: Exploring the borderland between rhetoric and reality

Social and Legal Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 313-329

  Hoyle, Carolyn ^a   Bosworth, Mary ^a,c   Dempsey, Michelle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

agency; choice; ideal victim; prostitution; sex trafficking; slavery

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052897080     PISSN: 09646639     EISSN: 14617390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0964663911405394     Document Type: Article

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