Sex worker victimization, modes of working, and location in New South Wales, Australia: A geography of victimization

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 574-586

  Prior, Jason ^a   Hubbard, Phil ^b   Birch, Philip ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CRIME VICTIM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROSTITUTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PROSTITUTION; SEX WORKERS;

EID: 84881350937     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: 15598519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2012.668975     Document Type: Article

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