Trying to make a silk purse from a sow's ear? A comment on the government's prostitution strategy

Safer Communities

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 4-13

  Melrose, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exploitation; Kerb crawling; Prostitution; Street

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993043237     PISSN: 17578043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17578043200600012     Document Type: Review

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