Regulating sex work: Heterogeneity in legal strategies

Annual Review of Law and Social Science

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages 255-271

  McCarthy, Bill ^a   Benoit, Cecilia ^b   Jansson, Mikael ^b   Kolar, Kat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

abolitionist; Criminalization; decriminalization; prostitution; regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873286300     PISSN: 15503585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-lawsocsci-102811-173915     Document Type: Review

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