Beach boys or sexually exploited children? Competing narratives of sex tourism and their impact on young men in Sri Lanka's informal tourist economy

Crime, Law and Social Change

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 485-508

  Miller, Jody ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 81455158742     PISSN: 09254994     EISSN: 15730751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10611-011-9330-5     Document Type: Article

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